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Solar power association wants polluting industries to pay into clean-up fund

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 10, 2016

A group of solar power developers is proposing the creation of a “climate change fund” that would make big polluters pay to help clean up the environment, a proposal that has found an ally in...

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Dow Chemical, Tiffany & Co. join a rising tide for ocean cleanup

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 21, 2016

The future of humanity depends on the health of the oceans. They provide half of the oxygen we breathe and absorb about 30 percent of the carbon dioxide we generate. They're worth at least $24...

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India to develop its own palm oil sustainability framework-trade body

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 5, 2016

India, the world's biggest importer of edible oils, will develop its own sustainability framework for palm oil production considering the domestic ecology, a leading trade body said on Tuesday...

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Untreated effluents: Pollution board seeks report from MC

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 4, 2016

Getting no reply from the municipal corporation (MC) regarding 12 outlets through which untreated effluent is being allegedly released in Buddah Nullah, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB...

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Stella McCartney shares first global environmental profit-and-loss account for 2015

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 4, 2016

There was a dancing finale at Stella McCartney, an arm-waving conga followed by a West Side Story-style dance-off, where both sides were in fact pleather-wearing vegetarians who loved each other...

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Gurgaon's fresh bid to cut use of plastic bags

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 29, 2016

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has issued notices to manufacturing units of polythene carry bags to increase the thickness of these bags and adhere with other provisions of...

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BRICS ministers agree on MoU on environmental issues

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 19, 2016

Environment ministers of BRICS countries on Friday agreed on a memorandum of understanding and announced the setting up of a joint working group institutionalizing their co-operation on...

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Subject Tags: BRICS , environment , MoU

Environment Ministers of BRICS countries to meet in Goa

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 14, 2016

Environment Ministers of BRICS countries will meet later this week in Goa to prioritise actions for cooperation in critical areas, including air and water pollution and climate change.
The...

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Subject Tags: BRICS , environment

USAID announces five new partnerships in India

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 8, 2016

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand Indo-US cooperation on clean energy,...

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Hi-tech electroplating plant to curb water pollution in Ludhiana

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 6, 2016

To control the rising levels of industrial water pollution, members of the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) have decided to adopt an electroplating process based on a...

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