The availability of open, high-quality, consistent, and comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data is essential to understanding the global trend in GHG emissions, and for countries to see their
Global warming may increase deaths and injuries due to flooding in Australia by as much as 240 percent by 2020, and cause a huge jump in the number of Pacific islanders whose homes could be washed
The city of Basle in Switzerland is preparing to end the fluoridation of municipal drinking water in the autumn. The local parliament has voted to stop the practice, due to high costs and lack of
The UK has already reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 12.8% since 1990, according to new figures from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The reduction is against a background of a
The EU is currently moving backwards, away from its 2008-2012 target of reducing the six main greenhouse gases by 8% on 1990 levels, with its second consecutive year of increases in emissions of the
the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court sc for cleaning the 22 kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the river, which is the source of 70 per cent of Delhi s drinking water, remains a dirty drain
bird species now face a wave of extinction not seen on the Earth since the dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago, according to a report from the Worldwatch Institute, a us-based
As Ford Motor Co. last week scaled back expectations for its first hybrid-powered vehicle and backpedaled on the pledge to improve the fuel economy of its sport-utility vehicles, Toyota Motor Corp.
Scientists' claims that man-made pollution is causing "unprecedented" global warming had everyone thought and bothered, but new research showing that the Earth was warmer during the Middle Ages might
In Southern part of Kanpur the sources of water are drying and people are going crazy for want of water. Last year where groundwater could be found 40 to 45 foot below, but now the situation is such
The Bush administration did the right thing on diesel emissions this week, curbing an important source of air pollution. Yet President on the environmental promises of his 2000 campaign. Most
