Climate on a skid
Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. Merely planting more trees won t help
Global warming is likely to be far greater and faster than previous estimates, says the latest report of the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research. Merely planting more trees won t help
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming
New England governors and Canadian premiers have adopted a Climate Change Action Plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the region shared by the two nations. The government officials
The countries like Vietnam in Asia-Pacific region plans to have an additional 5 million hectares of forest. These could serve as carbon sinks to offset carbon emission in a developed country. To get
The German energy industry was firmly at loggerheads with government and European Commission officials Tuesday over plans to introduce an EU state-wide, company-based emissions trading system by
While the Supreme Court will sit to hear the appeals of various authorities on the CNG issue tomorrow, over 10000 buses and 15500 auto-rickshaws have yet to start operating on CNG -just two days
The noted environmentalist, Ms Medha Patkar, spearheading the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), today withdrew her 11-day-long indefinite hunger strike after specific assurances from Maharashtra
The trans-Atlantic standoff over the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to curb global warming, is producing tense family squabbles inside some of the world's multinational corporations. At
The science company, DuPont and energy trading company, MIECO Inc. have announced the first-ever transaction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances under the UK's newly developed trading scheme,
A lack-lustre response by Canadian provinces to the needs of tackling climate change is causing the country to renege on its international obligations, with Alberta in particular criticised for its
Climate change could affect the health of the populace of Arizona by threatening the water supply, worsening air pollution, and increasing the number of heat-related deaths, with senior citizens,
A new round of on-line greenhouse gas emissions trading simulations, taking place between 1-8 November, requires companies to participate in order to give them an insight into how a future emissions
The Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) has filed suit against the U.S. Forest Service for its failure to protect 57 of Arizona's rivers and streams that have been identified as potential additions
The UK 's leading wildlife charities are considering radical changes in their approach to nature conservation to cope with the threat from climate change. A new report predicts that maintaining rare
Not much can be defined initially by the estimate of the Worldwide Fund for Nature, a strong advocate of Kyoto, which points out that what has been agreed to will reduce the rate of emission of
Global climate change may depress fish stocks in a sector already struggling with overfishing and rising consumption, marine scientists said yesterday. "One of the big challenges is the relationship
One more feather was added in the field of hydel generation, when Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal dedicated the 22.5 MW Ganvi hydel project to the people coiinciding with the
Plans for New Zealand to embrace climate change policies will hurt the country's substantial forestry industry, a report commissioned by the forestry sector and the NZ government said today. While
As a mark of gratitude to a place that gave refuge to numerous polish survivors of the World War II, Poland has "gifted" Rs 2.4 crores to Jamnagar to help the city boost its drinking water supply.
Nations in the Himalayan region are at risk of a massive earthquake that could devastate large urban areas in Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan, a study published in the renowned American