Environment
Scientists question rush to build Nicaragua canal
09 Mar 2015
A consortium of environmental scientists has expressed strong concern about the impact of the controversial 172-mile, $50-billion Central American canal planned across Nicaragua
K-Cup inventor regrets his invention
04 Mar 2015
Revealed: where emperor penguins survived the last ice age
04 Mar 2015
The study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only three populations may have survived during the last ice age
BAT sues PwC over pollution scandal
03 Mar 2015
Deforestation in India shifting monsoons, scorching lands: study
03 Mar 2015
Large-scale deforestation has caused an 18 per cent decrease in rainfall in India say scientists from the Indian Institute of Science
High pollution cutting lifespan of Indians by 3.2 years: Study
21 Feb 2015
Half of India's population could increase its lifespan by 3.2 years, if air quality met the national safety standards
Green Tribunal nixes Centre’s tree-chopping circular
21 Feb 2015
The National Green Tribunal has stayed two recent government circulars allowing linear projects like highways, power lines, and railway tracks to cut trees without full clearances — the first judicial challenge to the Modi government's moves to weaken environmental safeguards
US judge rejects BP’s bid to cut maximum civil fine in Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill
20 Feb 2015
Renewable energy meet generates investment offers for 266 GW
18 Feb 2015
Against the government’s renewable energy generation target of 170 GW by 2022, the three-day RE-INVEST 2015 meet concluded with investment commitments for 266 GW of green power
Green energy to create over a million jobs in India: study
16 Feb 2015
India's goal of generating 100 GW of solar energy by 2022 could create one million jobs, while the parallel target of achieving 60GW of wind energy would add another 180,000 jobs, says a new study
Millions of tonnes of plastic choking world’s oceans: study
16 Feb 2015
If the top 20 countries cut mismanaged waste in half, the total mass of mismanaged plastic would drop 41 per cent, a new study estimates
Mega-drought lasting 35 years to hit US, warn scientists
13 Feb 2015
Currently the western United States has been experiencing a drought for about 11 of the past 14 years, with the dry areas spanning California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and Oklahoma and other parts of the region that directly affects more than 64 million people
Carbon release from ocean helped end the ice age
12 Feb 2015
Earliest evidence of large-scale human-produced air pollution in South America found
11 Feb 2015
Human impact on the environment was widespread even before the industrial revolution — in 1572 the Spanish introduced a new technology that boosted production many times over and sent thick clouds of lead dust rising over the Andes for the first time in history
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