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2019 C.E. September 17

Environmental pollution in China is now declining

For decades pollution in China has paralleled economic growth. But this connection has weakened in recent years, according to a new international research study.

2019 C.E. September 17

The Indian state of Chhattisgarhwill not build any new coal power plants

The falling costs of solar power means that Chhattisgarh is likely to rely on using solar to fill up any excess demand.

2019 C.E. September 16

2019 ozone hole could be smallest in three decades

The EU's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) says it's currently well under half the area usually seen in mid-September.

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2019 C.E. September 16

Sainsbury’s to cut plastic packaging in half by 2025

The U.K. supermarket giant currently uses almost 120,000 tonnes of plastic packaging per year.

2019 C.E. September 13

California bans private prisons

The legislation is being hailed as a major victory for criminal justice reform because it removes the profit motive from incarceration.

2019 C.E. September 13

Canada’s new child benefit has lifted almost 300,000 children out of poverty

New Statistics Canada figures show 278,000 fewer children living below the poverty line in 2017, the first full year of the benefit, compared to 2015.

The view from the street of Jama Masjid of Delhi

2019 C.E. September 12

Air pollution in Delhi drops 25% in four years

Five years ago, in 2014, a global study on air quality trends by the World Health Organisation had declared Delhi the most polluted city in the world.

2019 C.E. September 12

U.S. EPA to eliminate all mammal testing by 2035

EPA's decision is a decisive win for taxpayers, animals, and the environment, says Justin Goodman, vice president of advocacy and public policy at the White Coat Waste Project.

2019 C.E. September 11

Extreme poverty in Pakistan declines from 28% to 4% in 15 years

The extreme poverty (or below $1.9 per day poverty line) in Pakistan has gone down from 28.6 percent of total population in 2001 to 3.9 percent in 2015, Asian Development Bank said in a report.