Environment

California adopts tough water rules to fight drought

06 May 2015

For the first time in the history of California, the state has imposed severe water-use restrictions to cope with the drought

Climate change regulations could lower number of premature deaths: study

06 May 2015

Air pollution choking children in urban India: Survey

05 May 2015

Shell agrees to clean up 2008 Nigerian oil spill

04 May 2015

Claimants said that oil spillage from two pipelines amounted to 500,000 barrels of oil, while Shell initially estimated the volume at about 4,000 barrels

New foam filter helps provide clean, safe water

02 May 2015

The filter features a unique biological layer, which allows organisms within the foam to attack foreign pathogens as water passes through

Fresh 5.0 tremor hits Nepal’s Pokhara region; thousands still missing

02 May 2015

The US Geological Survey today recorded the 5.0 magnitude earthquake with its epicentre near Pokhara, in Nepal

Boy rescued in Kathmandu 5 days after quake devastated Nepal

30 Apr 2015

Aid has now started reaching the hinterlands of Nepal although the extent of loss of life and damage to property in the villages in mountainous areas has yet to be assessed

Nepal says no more rescue teams needed; quake toll tops 6,000

29 Apr 2015

As the search shifts to more remote areas, there is no need for international teams with heavy lifting gear because many homes are made from mud or wood

Better batteries to break dependence on fossil fuels

29 Apr 2015

Partially logged rainforests could be emitting more carbon than previously thought

29 Apr 2015

Nepal quake toll climbs to 4,355; India scales up relief operations

28 Apr 2015

Nine out of 10 Nepalese troops are reported to be involved in search and rescue operations, as the country pleads for more foreign aid to deal with a massive earthquake that is expected to have claimed the lives of over 10,000 people

Nepal quake toll mounts to 3,200; after-shocks, rain hamper rescue

27 Apr 2015

India, which pressed into service all its C-130 heavy lift aircraft for relief and rescue operations, has opened the land route as rains hampered air operations

Powerful quake kills over 1,400 in Nepal, leaves 34 dead in India

25 Apr 2015

The quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale flattened Kathmandu’s Darbar Square and was felt as far as Bangladesh, Tibet and Pakistan and triggered an avalanche on Mt Everest

Global warming more moderate than worst-case models

25 Apr 2015

Packing heat: New fluid makes untapped geothermal energy cleaner

24 Apr 2015

Noble Energy to use thermal imaging to stop pollutant leaks from its plant

23 Apr 2015

Water insecurity ‘costs the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars annually’

22 Apr 2015

‘Unmanaged risks’ of droughts, water scarcity and floods are dragging down the global economy by hundreds of billions of dollars annually, reports a global task force