Weekly Environmental News Update for Week 7, 2022
Weekly environmental news update from across different media networks for Week 7 (February 14 to 20) 2022.
Air Pollution
Delhi’s air quality remains in ‘poor’ category
Delhi’s air quality remained in the “poor” category on Friday morning. The AQI was 246 at 7 am.
New policy in March to combat Delhi-NCR’s pollution problem
Delhi and the National Capital Region may get a comprehensive plan to tackle its air pollution problem by March.
Delhi govt replacing its old diesel and petrol vehicles with electric ones
After the launch of the Electric Vehicle Policy in August 2020, various departments and autonomous bodies of the Delhi government have started replacing old petrol and diesel vehicles in their fleets with electric vehicles.
Electric autorickshaws on Delhi roads now a step closer
Blue and lilac-coloured electric autorickshaws will soon start plying in Delhi.
CAQM closure notices to 407 polluting units
CAQM said the closure notices were issued to industries, construction and demolition sites, for offences including using diesel generator sets, the use of which was banned across NCR as per a CAQM order in October last year.
Delhi: Pollutant study gets underway
A source apportionment study is underway for air pollutants in Delhi, spearheaded by a team from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Water Security
Delhi Jal Board’s interceptor sewer project nears completion
The Interceptor Sewer Project, a project approved by the Delhi Cabinet to treat the sewage that finds its way to the Yamuna, is “almost” complete, according to DJB.
DDA kicks off 14-day event to showcase Yamuna riverfront
The Delhi Development Authority held a sand art workshop on the banks on Yamuna river on Saturday as part of a two-week-long event to showcase its riverfront rejuvenation project.
Waste Management
Environment Ministry notifies guidelines on EPR for plastic packaging
Environment Ministry announced the notification of the new Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022.
Biodiversity Conservation
India delegation heads to Namibia to discuss cheetah translocation
A delegation from India left for Namibia on Thursday to discuss cheetah translocation logistics with the Namibia government, according to people familiar with the development.
Amid space crunch, Delhi tries out Miyawaki technique of mini-forests
EDMC has already created two such forests and the SDMC, with the help of a local NGO, will begin work on the first such forest at a civic boys school in Dwarka’s Shahabad Mohammadpur village.
Sustainable Development
Swadesh Darshan Scheme’s Eco Theme gets six projects
Eco Circuit is going to be on the fifteen thematic circuits for development in the country, under the Swadesh Darshan scheme.
Climate Change
Govt releases national hydrogen policy
The national hydrogen policy provides incentives for gencos and manufacturers to produce green energy.
International News
Climate change: Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall in China
Scientists say that a rapid drop in emissions because of Covid played a key role in record rainfall in China in 2020.
Climate change: US sea levels to rise as much in 30 years as in previous hundred, study warns
The US will experience as much sea level rise in the next 30 years as in the previous hundred years, NOAA predicted in a report.
UN draft resolution shows countries aim to create chemical waste body
Proponents say that pollution from pesticides, plastics and electronic waste is an overlooked problem and that there is currently no global body to assess the scale of the risks.
Megadrought plaguing western US is the worst in 1,200 years
The drought that has engulfed southwestern North America since 2000 is the most severe in 1,200 years, according to a new academic study.
