Author: The_Hindu

Textile and garment units gear up to meet sustainability norms

International buyers sourcing garments and home textiles from India are asking for compliance to environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework. Textile and garment manufacturers in the clusters in Tamil Nadu are gearing up to meet these demands.

India eyes to mandate use of 1% Sustainable Aviation Fuel by 2025: Oil Minister

Puri said for jet fuel mixed with 1 per cent SAF, about 140 million litres of biofuels are needed. The mandate for SAF could rise to 4-5 per cent if more volumes of biofuels are available, he added.

Threadmaker Coats opens sustainability hub in T.N.

The hub, spread over 10,000 sq. ft., has the capacity to sample 75 kg of new products daily
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Climate Change Global Warming.

Beavers building dams in Alaska may accelerate climate change effects

Alaskan tundra consisting mostly of lichen and mosses is slowly giving way to woody plants due to climate change.
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Climate Change Global Warming.

Here’s what’s known about how climate change fuels tropical cyclones

Climate change increases the upper limit on hurricane strength and rain rate and that it also raises the average sea level and therefore storm surge.
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Climate Change Global Warming.

Climate change is making flooding worse

Although floods are a natural occurrence, human-caused climate change is making severe flooding events like these more common.
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Climate Change Environment Global Warming. Renewable Energy. Sustainability

Sustainable shrimp cultivation provides hope for mangrove restoration in Sundarbans

In an effort to restore the unique ecosystem of the Sundarbans, the SAIME initiative has shrimp cultivators tending to mangroves around their farms as well
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Environment

The inconvenient truth of Herman Daly: There is no economy without environment

In an age of climate chaos and economic crisis, Daly’s ideas that inspired a movement to live within our means are increasingly essential.
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Environment

Five careers in the environment sector

For those who want to make the world a better place to live in, here are some options in the environment sector

India submits reply in Nirav Modi’s U.K. extradition appeal

Nirav Modi’s appeal on the grounds of a point of law of general public importance is a high threshold that is not met very often