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June 5, 2025: Taking stock of AQI measures on World Environment Day

For this episode of Aaj Ka AQI, Newslaundry reached the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change on World Environment Day. The AQI at the nearest monitoring station was pegged at 137 or in the moderate category, as per the CPCB data.

Newslaundry

Love the Earth, plant trees with Central

To mark World Environment Day, Central and Robinson Department Stores joined hands with the Royal Forest Department to launch the Central/Robinson Love The Earth 2023 campaign to boost green spaces around the country.

Bangkok Post

Environment day golden jubilee: Green corps volunteers plant saplings at Minister’s house

Green volunteers planted 50 saplings at the house of Minister for General Education V. Sivankutty on Saturday in connection with the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day.

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World Environment Day: Irish doctor dubs plastic 'biggest uncontrolled biological experiment of the last 100 years'

Plastic can affect hormones; causing cancer, obesity, diabetes, thyroid disease, osteoporosis and infertility

Irish Mirror

Environment and humankind are mutually connected: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on World Environment Day

On the occasion of World Environment Day, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the environment and humankind are mutually connected. Read further on dynamite News:

Dynamite News

World Environment Day: The history of the event and this year’s theme

The day is being hosted by Saudi Arabia and and stopping desertification is high on the agenda

Evening Standard

Amnesty calls for global action to mitigate heatwaves in Pakistan

In its report to mark World Environment Day, the rights group says Pakistan is at the ‘frontline of the climate crisis’.

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German police raids on Last Generation climate activists spike recruitment

Pressure is mounting in Germany on the Last Generation climate collective, whose members specialise in gluing themselves to tarmac. Following a series of police raids last month, activists say they are being unjustly criminalised but that the police action has led to a recruitment spike. As the international community marks…

France 24

Secunderabad station expansion | Scores of trees felled, forest permission ambiguous

A flagrant violation of the WALTA Act came to light on the eve of World Environment Day by none other than the public sector giant South-Central Railway.

The Hindu

Ten statistics on global plastic addiction and its consequences

The UN’s annual World Environment Day on Monday comes days after negotiations on an international treaty against plastic pollution concluded Friday in Paris with 170 nations agreeing to produce a first draft of an accord by November. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the scale of the problem and its…

France 24

Faith Vs coal: World Environment Day vigil held next to Kooragang coal track

The vigil followed an open letter sent to the coal chief executives last week.

Newcastle Herald

Haritha Sabhas to be held across State on World Environment Day on June 5

The Local Self-Government department will organise Haritha Sabha (green assembly) in all local bodies across the State on World Environment Day on June 5, in continuation of the rapid action plan launched to keep Kerala clean and litter-free.

The Hindu

5 km run to mark World Environment Day

km run to mark World Environment Day

The Hindu

BMC launches dedicated WhatsApp number to address garbage-related complaints

MUMBAI: On the occasion of World Environment Day i.e. June 5, the BMC will launch a dedicated WhatsApp chatbot number-- 8169681697, to address citizens complaints related to garbage in public places. This platform will allow citizens to register complaints or provide suggestions regarding waste management.

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KSPCB, Kanara Industries Association take up cleaning drive in Baikampady Industrial Area

Ahead of World Environment Day on June 5, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and Kanara Industries Association (KIA) launched the cleanliness drive in Baikampady Industrial Area on Friday.

The Hindu

Campuses to be declared waste-free on World Environment Day

All college and university campuses in the State will be declared zero-waste on June 5, World Environment Day, Minister for Higher Education R. Bindu has said.

The Hindu

Sapling distribution as part of World Environment Day in Alappuzha

Evening Standard

Life-size cow sculpture appears on London’s South Bank to highlight impact of dairy industry

It has been unveiled ahead of the 50th World Environment Day on Monday

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World Environment Day | How Tamil Nadu’s tiger reserves tackle the summer

The five tiger reserves in Tamil Nadu burst with life every summer. Ahead of World Environment Day, take a look at the fire lines, water troughs and conservation methods used by the Forest department to protect the thickets when the sun beats down

The Hindu

AFT cleans up Akkulam park, plants trees

The programme was held as part of the World Environment Day programmes being organised by the French Embassy in India and the French Institute in India.

The Times of India

Penguin to publish 'I'm a Climate Optimist' by activist Aakash Ranison

On World Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22 globally, Penguin Random House India announced the acquisition of a new non-fiction book on the environment by climate change activist Aakash Ranison. Titled 'I'm a Climate Optimist', the book will be released on World Environment Day, which will be marked…

Bangkok Post

Central and Robinson hope to heal the environment with tree-planting programme

To commemorate World Environment Day, Central and Robinson began the "Central/Robinson Love The Earth" campaign, working with the Royal Forest Department and celebrity Kanawut "Gulf" Traipipattanapong to plant 75,000 trees in an effort to promote a sustainable environment.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Swept by Tenth Sandstorm in Weeks

Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential threat". It was the tenth such storm since mid-April to hit Iraq, which has been battered by intense droughts, soil degradation,…

Bangkok Post

Clean-up action needed

Thailand joined the international community in marking World Environment Day Sunday with not-so-good news. The country's 2022 environment performance index (EPI), prepared by a Yale University research team, slipped 30 notches from last year's 78th ranking to 108th.

Bangkok Post

Trash to treasure

Going green is the new black and it’s true for the Thai fashion scene. To belatedly celebrate World Environment Day, Guru speaks to inventive Thai designers/entrepreneurs, who offer eco-conscious customers sustainable fashion items made from trash. They explain misunderstandings about trashion like "Why does it cost more?" and "Is sustainable…

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