📣Fossil fuel harms start before birth & never stop. A sweeping new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social calls for bold, immediate action to protect human health from “cradle to grave” harms of fossil fuels. ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @iea.org @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @nature.com 📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁

Is @bsky.app a flop? Don’t see much traction or buzz either on the app or about it outside. X meanwhile is still going strong, for better or worse

It’s #BlueSkiesDay today, and much of India is in the clean-ish, green zone as I write this. It won't last beyond a few weeks, given the trends of the last decade and more. Two recent global studies spell out concerns for the country. open.substack.com/pub/whatamib...

India Reverses Key Policy, Exempting Most Coal-fired Power Plants from Emission Rules India is the largest SO2 emitter, mostly from such plants. ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social | @cseindia.bsky.social | @creacleanair.bsky.social

Indian Study Calls for Air Quality Index to Be Linked to Health Risk With the risk of death added, the AQHI may be taken more seriously by the public & government. ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social

Making data harder to get in digital India 👇🏾 Day after Rahul Gandhi’s ‘expose’, access to voter rolls hits a snag - www.thehindu.com/news/nationa... For the best experience read this on The Hindu App. bit.ly/THNewsApp @thehindu.com

The dark horse of AI labs economist.com/business/202... from The Economist #Anthropic

In which polluted and warming world does this make sense? Besides, the ROI benefit is almost 4x - for every 1 rupee invested in cutting this emission, the estimated benefit is 3.79. #FGD #coalfiredpowerplants #India #AirPollution

An estimated 14.3 million children globally remain completely unvaccinated, according to a new report, and public health experts point to conflict zones as threatening childhood vaccination efforts worldwide.

#climatechangepost: Twenty years after the deadly #heat of 2003, Europe’s heat response is still ineffective www.climatechangepost.com/news/twenty-... Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...

Why Delhi’s controversial old vehicle ban is need for India’s battle against its terrible #airpollution - I discuss with @thehindu.com ‘s @kunalshankar.bsky.social youtu.be/O_njWIaMliA #DelhiVehicleBan #DelhiFuelBan

Delhi Government Blinks After Protests Against Crackdown on Polluting Vehicles Gasoline vehicles older than 10 years, diesel vehicles older than 15 years, could face action. @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @cleanairfund.bsky.social @narendra-modi.bsky.social @theicct.org

For cleaner air in India, charge better-off families more for cooking gas to subsidise LPG cylinders for poorer households for clean cooking solutions. Pragmatic solutions like this were on offer from India’s top air quality & health experts. Some excerpts #Aironomics2025 #AirPollution

A new class of materials that passively harvests #water from the air. Because science. From a project funded by the US National Science Foundation. blog.seas.upenn.edu/penn-enginee...

When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Five Hotspot Countries Are Key to Preventing Vehicle Pollution China, India, Indonesia, the United States, and Mexico together account for the largest number of avoidable deaths and new asthma cases linked to nitrogen dioxide from road transport. ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @theicct.org

To scrutinise SM accounts… reportedly www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

By @alejandrabee.bsky.social The House and Senate both voted to loosen regulations on air pollutants like dioxin and mercury, which are associated with higher cancer risk.

The Indus Waters Treaty was considered an exemplar of resource diplomacy. Its suspension can only fuel tensions between India and Pakistan.

In total, African countries lost 60 million euros in rejected visa fees in 2024, analysis from the LAGO Collective shows. Africans have long complained about inconsistent, sometimes baffling decisions about who gets approved or denied while applying for European visas.

BREAKING – A brand-new @who.int leadership team has been announced, including a dramatically reduced number of leaders and a major shake-out of longstanding faces. ✍️ Elaine Ruth Fletcher @drtedros.who.int @jeremyfarrar.bsky.social | @wellcometrust.bsky.social

What India is Getting Right in Climate Action 👇🏾 open.substack.com/pub/whatamib... @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @ikeafoundation.bsky.social #ClimateAction #ClimateComms

NOAA will stop updating a key disasters database that has publicly tracked the cost of extreme weather and climate events: cnn.it/3YzP7ZW

Jordan's Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority evacuated hundreds of tourists from the ancient city of Petra on Sunday after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods in several areas of the region, in a precautionary move to ensure visitor safety. 🎥AFP

Indian Summit Showcases Solar and Innovative Cooling Methods as Pressure Mounts for Immediate Climate Solutions ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social @path.org #SoumyaSwaminathan

India’s first World Health Summit held in a “perfect storm” My report @healthpolicywatch.bsky.social @helenclarknz.bsky.social @worldhealthsummit.bsky.social #WHS2025

St. Paul Island recently completed its longest winter stretch in recorded history with above-freezing temperatures — 343 consecutive hours, or 14 days. The drastic climate change has forced residents to consider how long they can last there.

The first budget by Delhi’s new BJP govt has some positives for air quality but overall it is a missed opportunity for slashing the capital’s notorious #airpollution I write in👇🏾opinion piece - Why Delhi’s budget missed the bus to slash air pollution www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi...

First women focused headline I come across on #WomensDay 👇🏾 Women elected to local government posts, their husbands take oath. Via indianexpress.com

Zelensky has thanked the United States on numerous occasions since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 – expressing gratitude to Trump and Biden, to members of Congress from both parties, to US defense companies and their employees, and to the American people.

V sad READ: Hollywood icon Gene Hackman, 95, found dead with his wife and dog; no foul play suspected indianexpress.com/article/ente...

People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:

In an unprecedented public statement, the Army Chief of #Bangladesh General Waker-uz-Zaman on Tuesday warned that the interim government should not undermine law and order machinery. www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

I miss DEI

#Australia warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and #NewZealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Friday. www.thehindu.com/news/interna...

​Watering down: On water quality at Prayagraj  - www.thehindu.com/opinion/edit... , For the best experience read this on The Hindu App. bit.ly/THNewsApp

That was quick

I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...

Is DOGE pronounced Doge as in the doges of Venice? Or Dog-e as in Dall-e? Or...? 🤷‍♂️ #genuine question cos hearing variations.

#USAID "In Washington, USAID’s headquarters was closed for the day, with employees told in an email to remain at home." edition.cnn.com/2025/02/03/p...

in.bookmyshow.com/delhi/movies... Something to look forward to

Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, multiple sources familiar told CNN

2 noteworthy stories yesterday 1. Roof collapse kills many in Serbia, leads to fall of govt 2. High fines tame unruly traffic in Vietnam

The health risks posed by air pollution in 23 Asian countries have been analyzed together for the first time – and over 3.4 million deaths occurred in 2021, representing 40% of global air pollution deaths. ✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social #AirQuality | #Ozone

Jim Acosta just powerfully announced on air he is leaving CNN with the words: "It is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant." He added, "Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth and to hope." Amen. Jim will be missed.

#AirPollution in India kills at a faster rate than peak Covid, @HEISoGA researchers point out #newreport In 2021, it was 201 deaths/100,000 vs. Covid19 death rate of 157/100,000 estimated by Global Burden of Disease #superpollutants healthpolicy-watch.news/vehicles-hou...

Prime Minister #NarendraModi is pouring billions into ailing state-run firms after slowing ambitious divestment plans that were intended to reduce the role of the state in business, according to government sources and a document reviewed by Reuters. www.thehindu.com/business/Eco...

In a landmark moment for Indian Railways, a specially-designed Vande Bharat Express train arrived Srinagar, completing its trial run. The train arrived at the Srinagar station in the Nowgam area on the city outskirts from Katra in Jammu. Click to know more: www.instagram.com/p/DFPu3hsy-0...

Until last year, Vienna depended on Russian gas to stay warm in winter. Having cut itself off, the city is now investing billions into heat pumps, energy efficiency and geothermal energy

A survey of over 10,000 adolescents (13-17 years) in the #UnitedStates and #India has revealed that mental well-being is closely linked with earlier age of initiation of mobile phones, and could decline significantly with each younger year of age. www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/hea...