Opening The Flood Gates At Fukushima

The Japanese government intends to discharge all 1.34 million tonnes of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, an operation that began on 24 August 2023. Presumably, it also plans to discharge the wastewater that will continue to accumulate over...

Climate activists call on Biden to take more forceful action

Ask young activists about the Biden administration’s efforts to address the climate, and they’re quick to point out the problem isn’t close to being solved. Despite historic climate moves put in motion by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which hit its first...

Delhiites to lose 11.9 years of their lives to pollution

Delhi has emerged as the world's most polluted city in a new study which has also found that its residents are on track to lose 11.9 years of life if the current levels of pollution continue to be higher than the limit set by the World Health Organisation. The Air...

Opening The Flood Gates At Fukushima

The Japanese government intends to discharge all 1.34 million tonnes of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, an operation that began on 24 August 2023. Presumably, it also plans to discharge the wastewater that will continue to accumulate over...

Fire destroys mattress factory

MEERUT: A raging fire swept through a mattress factory on Delhi Road, within the jurisdiction of Kotwali Police Station in Baghpat during the early hours of Monday.  Firefighters rushed to the scene, and it took them five hours to successfully extinguish the flames,...

3 labourers suffer burns in gelatin explosion

BENGALURU: Three men working at an under-construction site sustained severe burns in an alleged gelatin explosion at Whitefield recently.  Manikanta, Srinivas and Shashikumar were working at the site near a hospital in Whitefield. According to the family of the...

‘Muck in rivers led to HP disaster’

KULLU: Terming the recent floods and resultant disaster in Himachal Pradesh as 'man-made,' various environmental scientists and activists have blamed muck-dumping, illegal mining and encroachments on river banks as the primary reasons behind the deluge that has left a...

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