State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate Change
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TN gives green signal for anhydrous ethanol
The Tamil Nadu Government has passed an order enabling distilleries to manufacture, transport and handle anhydrous ethanol in the State.This paves the way for production of ethanol-blended petrol
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White House to fund greenhouse gas removal projects
The Bush administration will devote up to $90 million to develop new methods to combat global warming by taking carbon dioxide out of air and "locking" it in trees and grasses, Energy Secretary
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Researchers develop new green chip gas
A joint research team from Tohoku University and NEC Corp.(Japan) has developed a new type of gas for manufacturing semiconductors that researchers say lessens the impact on global warming and
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ExxonMobil deflects critics with $100m green donation
ExxonMobil, the biggest publicly quoted oil group in the world, wrongfooted green activists by announcing plans to invest $100m (
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US states acting on their own to fight global warming
While the Bush administration has pulled the United States out of an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, individual U.S. states have taken steps on their own to fight global
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Tax carbon use, says Royal Society
One of the central planks of the government's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is flawed and should be replaced by a tax on carbon use, Britain's academy of science, the Royal Society,
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Pit invasion
Several mining leases in Faridabad and Gurgaon are either owned or operated by politicians, the number being more than 12 out of 30 in the former. The break-up: faridabad • Four leases
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Planting doubt
A new research creates controversy about the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba supplements
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On thin ice
Sweden blows hot and cold on Iceland s reinduction into whaling panel
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The climate-forest continuum
I remember how I first learnt about global warming. It was in the late 1980s. My colleague Anil Agarwal and I were searching for policies and practices to regenerate wasted common lands. We quickly