Posted on 11/16/2021 6:29:30 AM PST by fruser1
India's Supreme Court has called for a lockdown in New Delhi to try and reduce air pollution by banning non-essential travel and closing offices.
The proposal, the first of its kind, comes as the city of 20 million battles smog which has forced schools to shut for a week to keep children from breathing in toxic air.
The Delhi government on Monday pushed back hard against the call by the country's top court, arguing that without a concerted effort by other states, the lockdown would have little impact on air quality.
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Will be enacted in LA and NY if they feel covid doesn't give them enough of an excuse.
Isn’t India exempted from climate change regulation and/or penalties?
Why don’t they start by cleaning up the Ganges? With all of the technology available today, we should be focusing on cleaning up areas with severe pollution and reengineering infrastructure so people have better resources.
The Indians. Modi is a great big step in the right direction for a change, but wow. Human factors aren’t a long suit for India.
If you need the joke explained because you're a loyal Democrat voter just now waking up cuz you're on welfare -- they don't eat beef in India.
I was talking to a guy who is a FedEx pilot making a lot of runs to Asia. Asked him what the worst place to go is, he said Mumbai, when you descend to 10,000 feet it starts to smell like sh*t and stays that way.
Build a Giant Fan and blow it back to China ,LOL
Scammer call centers will continue operations uninterrupted.
Atudies have shown that Indian subcontinent major metro areas smell like ass.
The technology already exist...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXDx6DjNLDU
But as the video points out, it is not just cleaning the river but providing a means to keep the trash out of the river. That will take more than just money, it will take the will of the people to do their part.
“That will take more than just money, it will take the will of the people to do their part.”
Major cultural change. But that’s how societies evolve.
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