Climate Change

‘Showcasing UK expertise towards low carbon-resilient Kolkata’

KOLKATA: The UK-India partnership is strong, Dominic Asquith, British High Commissioner to India, has said.

Publication Date: 
21/07/2016
Ajanta Chakraborty
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Climate Change, United Kingdom (UK), Carbon Dioxide, Low Carbon Economy, Renewable Energy, Industrial Pollution, Climate Mitigation
Habitat And Urbanisation

City's parking menace hits a new high

For a city that boasts of a priceless 6% of road space, parking has always been a nightmare in Kolkata.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2016
Amita Ghose
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Parking Policy, Municipal Corporation, Parking Pricing
Air Pollution

Premature mortality in India due to PM2.5 and ozone exposure

This bottom-up modeling study, supported by new population census 2011 data, simulates ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure on local to regional scales. It quantifies, present-day premature mortalities associated with the exposure to near-surface PM2.5 and O3 concentrations in India using a regional chemistry model. We estimate that PM2.5 exposure leads to about 570,000 (CI95: 320,000–730,000) premature mortalities in 2011. On a national scale, our estimate of mortality by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to O3 exposure is about 12,000 people.

Publication Date: 
24/06/2016
Sachin D. Ghude, D. M. Chate, C. Jena & et al
Geophysical Research Letters
4650-4658
Tags:
PM 2.5, Air Pollution, Ozone, Health Effects, India, Statistics, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore (T), Urban Air Quality, Remote Sensing, Vehicular Pollution, South Asia, Respiratory Diseases, Aerosols
Water Pollution

Dirty flows the Ganga - Why plans to clean the river have come a cropper

One of the first announcements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi pertained to cleaning the Ganga. But this is not the first time an attempt has been made to clean the river. River cleaning schemes initiated in 1974, 1985, 1993, 1996 and 2008-09 have been monumental failures. While the Prime Minister's announcement was followed by a lot of rhetoric and initial moves towards the goal were frantic, two years later, there has been little improvement in the state-of-affairs.

Publication Date: 
18/06/2016
Raghu Dayal
Economic and Political Weekly
51
25
55-64
Tags:
Ganga, River Pollution, Water Pollution Control, Varanasi (T), Patna (T), Bihar, Waste Disposal, Industrial Waste, Kolkata, Hoogly, Bhagirathi, Sewage Pollution, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
Health

No harmful chemicals in bread: Bengal bakeries

Bakery associations in West Bengal on Tuesday claimed tests conducted on bread samples produced by around 4,000 establishments in the state have revealed their products are "safe" for consumption.

Publication Date: 
15/06/2016
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Food Safety, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Kolkata, Municipal Corporation, Health Effects, Health
Air Pollution

Bengal dubious first in pollution deaths

More people died in Bengal from acute respiratory infection than in any other state every single year from 2009 to 2014, according to a Union government report.

Publication Date: 
10/06/2016
Jayanta Basu
Telegraph (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Air Pollution, Health Effects, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Kolkata, Asthma
Health

Bread gets clean chit, city free to restart 'loaf affair'

Kolkata: Bread in Kolkata has passed the fitness test, with laboratories examining samples from different bakeries across the city declaring that there was no need to panic.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2016
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Food Safety, Kolkata, Hazardous Products, Cancer, Health Effects, Health
Air Pollution

Ola's pocket-friendly initiative to reduce pollution

KOLKATA: Ola, India's most popular mobile app for transportation, today shared details on how its shared mobility solutions are making a significant contribution towards reducing vehicular pollutio

Publication Date: 
08/06/2016
Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey
Times of India (Kolkata)
Tags:
West Bengal, Kolkata, Air Pollution, Cars, Transport, Vehicular Pollution, Air Pollution Control
Air Pollution

NGT’s diesel vehicle ban may extend to more cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to consider, on Monday, whether to impose a ban on the sale of large diesel-powered vehicles in 11 more cities, worrying auto makers who say such a move wil

Publication Date: 
30/05/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Diesel, Vehicular Pollution, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore (T), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Auto Industry, Air Pollution, Vehicle Technology and Fuel
Climate Change

40 million Indians at risk from rising sea levels: UN report

Nearly 40 million Indians will be at risk from rising sea levels by 2050, with people in Mumbai and Kolkata having the maximum exposure to coastal flooding in future due to rapid urbanisation and e

Publication Date: 
20/05/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, Urbanisation, Mumbai, Kolkata, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Impacts

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