The recycling rates in the US have been decreasing since 2015. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently announced a new national recycling policy, which is a roadmap for the US to acquire a goal of recycling at least half of its municipal waste
According to a recent study, there is a probability that earth’s first continents might have arisen from the ocean around 700 million years earlier than thought. Surprisingly, Jharkhand’s Singhbhum region may have been the earliest continental land to emerge from the ocean around 3.2 billion
Climate change has always been an alarming issue of all time but in recent years, cases of the climate crisis have risen drastically. For almost more than a decade, Arctic ice has been declining at a rapid pace. Surprisingly, scientists have found a link between
Delhi is among the world’s most polluted cities and is the world’s most polluted capital. With passing time the Air Quality Index (AQI) in India’s capital city keeps on deteriorating. One of the foremost reasons for rising air pollution is stubble burning. While many steps
Plastic is a non-biodegradable material, which is one of its major drawbacks. Plastic is widely used in food packaging, a toxic practice to which many manufacturers are trying to find eco-friendly substitutes. Establishing itself as a substitute for plastic packaging, Gousto’s edible packaging has become
Water disasters have been a foe of life on the land and they have been on the rise for a few decades, hitting more frequently and intensely. In an estimate by the UN, water disasters will affect around 50 percent of the world’s population living
The two-week event of COP26 is at its end and things do not look any better than they were going in. A final draft to the Glasgow climate summit was published a couple of days ago. A day later, 22 countries including India and China
The COP26 is about to come to an end and the analyses have revealed that the commitments made in this summit have colossally failed to achieve the target of keeping global warming under 1.5°C. Apparently, the world is heading for a 2.4°C temperature rise by
Tuvalu’s foreign minister, Simon Kofe, addressed COP26 from knee-deep seawater. He recorded a video addressing the issue of climate change affecting his low-lying Pacific Island nation on the frontline, with a powerful image of the minister standing in knee-deep seawater in a suit and tie, indicating
Air pollution in New Delhi has become a never-ending event, with pollution levels sharply rising across northern India this month. Other than vehicular pollution, there are many other factors responsible for the growing pollution. The air quality deteriorated sharply from the month of October, which was