As solar panels get cheaper, they are being bought for use in houses also. Until last year, industries and institutions like schools and hospitals bought most of the rooftop solar systems to save on power
India’s installable wind energy potential has been estimated to be 302 GW with towers of a height of 100 metres. This has been estimated by the National Institute of Wind Energy and the new findings
Patna: Eminent environmentalists and experts on climate change on Wednesday held a brainstorming session at the Central University of South Bihar (CUSB) campus on major issues relating to climate change
An expert panel of the environment ministry has recommended forest clearance for three crucial hydro projects located in the Siang river basin, Arunachal Pradesh, that will collectively denude 200 hectares
Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal Wednesday said the government has equal focus on all forms of renewable energy, including solar and wind. "The Union Government has equal focus on various forms
An environment advocacy group today termed the country's food regulator's move to reduce trans-fat content in edible oils as important milestone in controlling non-communicable diseases in India and urged
DHS has come up with revised policies and guidelines to fight H1N1, dengue and leptospirosis. REALISING THAT the state’s public health department needs to remain better equipped to tackle the outbreak
Hospitals are also reporting increasing demand for platelets. As cases of dengue continue to rise in the capital, an increasing number of patients are reporting depleting platelet count and hemorrhagic
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam deteriorated as incessant rains pounded the state today and four more persons lost their lives in it as the calamity affected nearly 10 lakh people in over 2,000
KENDRAPARA: The picturesque wetland and meadows of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha's Kendrapara district has emerged as a congenial habitat for house sparrows. At a time when these species are
Specially-trained forces for each of two tiger reserves of Telangana have been sanctioned by National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and they are likely be deployed before 2017, a senior forest official
The state government has permitted Ganesh mandals to play loudspeakers till midnight on the last five days of the 10-day festival. Mandals, across the city, have time and again demanded relaxation in
The global extent and distribution of forest trees is central to our understanding of the terrestrial biosphere. We provide the first spatially continuous map of forest tree density at a global scale.
The U.S. government has failed to adequately safeguard crews involved in the decades-long cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, leaving workers sickened by exposure to toxic vapors,
Florida would allow hunters to kill up to a total of 320 bears in October during the state's first bear hunt season in 20 years, according to a recommendation from the state's wildlife agency presented
Sudanese poachers have been taking advantage of the chaos in conflict-torn Central African Republic and are killing elephants for their ivory and other wild animals, an expert panel that monitors U.N.
Australia and New Zealand said on Tuesday they faced unusually high costs to cut greenhouse gas emissions because of their respective dependence on coal and livestock, after criticism that they are doing
Balchig Baljinnyam, a small-time farmer in central Mongolia, is busy building a shelter for his dairy cows ahead of what is expected to be the most brutal winter in years. A summer drought has already
The rate at which trees were cut down slowed globally for a third year in a row in 2014, but tree loss still covered an area twice the size of Portugal, an environmental research group said. Losses
The water quality at the Olympic sailing venue in Rio de Janeiro is a serious issue but will be resolved by the time the Games begin next year, Rio Organising Committee president Carlos Nuzman said on
