Hundreds of thousands join world youth climate demo
Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday to march through the streets for an international ...
Norway sovereign wealth fund, world’s biggest, to dump oil and gas
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest thanks to petrodollars, will sell off stakes in oil and gas ...
Fukushima evacuees resist return as ‘Reconstruction Olympics’ near
With Japan keen to flaunt Tokyo 2020 as the “Reconstruction Olympics”, people who fled the Fukushima nuclear disaster ...
Environment Ministry plugs loophole that allowed plastic waste import
The government has plugged a loophole that allowed the import of plastic waste into India for processing.
“…Solid plastic waste ...
Peru opens military base to protect Amazon from deforestation
Peru opened a military base in the Amazon on Tuesday in a bid to tackle illegal mining, the main culprit for deforestation in the ...
Green tribunal asks poll panel, govt to consider banning campaign material made of plastic
New Delhi, Mar 5: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Election Commission, the Centre and the Central Pollution Control ...
Nearly 50% of India currently facing drought: IIT Gandhinagar scientists
Nearly 50% of the country is currently facing drought with at least 16% falling in the “exceptional” or “extreme” category, ...
Giant tortoise thought extinct is found on Galapagos
Conservationists in the Galapagos Islands have found a giant tortoise from a species thought to have become extinct more than a ...
Aussie rodent becomes first ‘climate change extinction’
Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct on Tuesday, making it the first mammal believed to have been ...
India, China lead in increasing green cover on Earth: NASA
New Delhi , Feb 12 : In a victory for environmental crusaders, a report published by NASA reveals that India and China are ...