NOAA reported that six other arctic monitoring stations in their international cooperative air sampling network have reported CO2 concentrations of 400 ppm this spring. These measurements from remote high
China's total forest area has increased to 195 million hectares from 134 million hectares in 1992, marking a net gain of 60 million hectares within 20 years, the State Forestry Administration (SFA) said
The Bangladesh prime minister on Saturday launched a countrywide immunisation campaign to cover 41mn children. The children aged between 6 and 11 months will receive Vitamin A shot while children in
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 struck off the coast of Iwate Prefecture at 1:07 p.m. on Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The epicenter was at a depth of 50 kilometers, the agency
France said it plans to ban a pesticide made by Swiss agro-chemical group Syngenta that is widely used to treat rapeseed crops after scientists suggested it could pose danger to bees. A sharp decline
Colorado State University researchers on Friday raised their forecast for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season to 13 tropical storms, with five hurricanes and two major hurricanes. In April they forecast
Countries that oppose the European Union's move to include airlines in its scheme to control carbon emissions would find it difficult to bring a dispute to the World Trade Organization (WTO), an official
European environment ministers are expected to reopen a difficult debate later this month on deeper EU carbon emissions cuts, but a draft text ahead of the meeting stops short of any firm targets. Previous
The European Union needs to aim for a deeper emissions cut soon, to rescue a record low carbon price and spur long-term investment in low-carbon technology, leading carbon market players said at an industry
A group of upstate New York landowners has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a temporary ban on natural-gas drilling in the city of Binghamton. The five property owners claim the Binghamton city council
The $7.8-billion US-based medical technology major Becton Dickinson (BD), is in the final stages of developing a new technology for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB), which kills 300,000 Indians every year.
Street-level concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM) exceed public health standards in many cities, causing increased mortality and morbidity. Concentrations can be reduced
Jorhat: Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in Mariani, formerly known as Gibbon wildlife Sanctuary or Hoollangapar Reserve forest, the only sanctuary in India reserved for Gibbon or long armed ape has now hit
With the commissioning of the fifth unit of the Mundra power plant in March, Adani Power has overtaken Tata Power as India’s largest private thermal power producer. Tata Power, however, is still India’s
Non-supply of gas by the Assam Gas Company Ltd (AGCL), following an agitational programme by an organisation blocking Oil India Ltd (OIL) pipelines, has hit production in the tea factories located in the
New Delhi: The government is set to make it mandatory for coal mining companies to earmark an amount equivalent to the royalty they pay to the states for the well-being of people affected by their projects.
Anew expert panel to identify the poor has been tasked with reviewing whether and how other criteria can be combined with the consumption basket. Though the focus remains on methodological issues, there
‘Low prices of imported equipment from China, Malaysia, Taiwan & US hurting domestic industry’ Indian manufacturers of solar equipment are seeking anti-dumping duty on imports from China, Malaysia, Taiwan
Launches system to expeditiously resolve issues in projects with an investment of Rs 1,000 cr or more Manmohan SinghThe government on Friday announced the setting up of an investment-tracking mechanism
Ruling that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) has no power to determine the maximum retail price of CNG, the Delhi High Court on Friday set aside its April 9 order which had slashed
