It is a welcome step from MoEFCC to reign in uncomplying brick kilns through technology roadmaps or cleaner fuel options, says CSE… The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) came up with stringent standards for brick...
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Melting Glaciers, Loss of Snow Pose Risks to South Asia Water Resources… Climate change and air pollution are speeding up the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, jeopardizing the lives and livelihoods of 750 million people who rely on the...
Monitoring environmental compliance is a particular challenge for governments in poor countries. A new machine-learning approach that uses satellite imagery to pinpoint highly polluting brick kilns in Bangladesh could provide a low-cost solution… Brick production, a major industry in...
There are only 16 environment inspectors in the country and five of them are currently on study leave. The country is acutely understaffed in terms of keeping in check the environmental pollution and in ensuring strict compliance of environmental...
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that another cold wave could hit Delhi in the middle of the week. It was a cold, polluted and foggy Sunday in the Capital. While the temperature in the early hours dropped...
A survey by the Centre for Science and Environment indicates nearly 80% plants will not meet the December 2019 deadline for new emission norms. The study also said that only around one-third of the over 3,000 brick kilns have...
…for brick kilns to check pollution in Indo-Gangetic plain The Union environment ministry has proposed an amendment that seeks to lay down a uniform emission standard for particulate matter of 250 milligrams per cubic metre (mg/Nm3) for all brick...
…for greening brick sector: Experts Brick manufacturers from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan on Friday agreed to promote environmental-friendly zigzag kilns – a new configuration that produces high-quality bricks at lower cost with fewer harmful emissions – for ‘greening’ the brick sector in South Asia. This was...
Air quality in Nepal is the worst in the world, with the country being ranked at the bottom among the 180 countries surveyed in terms of air-quality in a global study. The latest global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was...
Habla Zig Zag Kilns is one of only 14 finalists for the inaugural Climate & Clean Air Awards. This is a major achievement for our project, being in the esteemed company of The State of California and The World...