Environment
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
Ancient fossils reveal potential risk of rise in parasitic infections due to climate change
07 Feb 2015
West Antarctic melt rate has tripled: UC Irvine-NASA
02 Feb 2015
The total amount of loss averaged 83 gigatons per year (91.5 billion US tons). By comparison, Mt. Everest weighs about 161 gigatons, meaning the Antarctic glaciers lost a Mt.-Everest’s-worth amount of water weight every two years over the last 21 year
Estimated social cost of climate change not accurate, Stanford scientists say
By By Ker Than | 30 Jan 2015
The social cost of carbon dioxide emissions may not be $37 per ton, as estimated by a recent US government study, but $220 per ton
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