EU likely to miss Kyoto emissions target - study
The European Union will miss a legally binding target to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions because it lacks the necessary policies to combat the greenhouse effect, a study published yesterday
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7 companies agree to cut gas emissions
DuPont Shell, Alcan Aluminium and four other large companies yesterday joined a growing list of businesses committing themselves to substantial voluntary reductions in releases of heat-trapping
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Corporate giants begin greenhouse gas trading programme
Seven corporations, including several of the world's largest multinational companies, have joined with an environmental group in seeking ways to trade emission permits to reduce their production of
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Indian Ocean haze traced to Chulha smoke, aerosols
Aerosol emission from a variety of sources such as fossil fuels and biomass burning are the most significant contributors to the thick haze extending over some 10 million square kilometre, detected
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Centre grants Rs.500 cr. to Metrowater
After years of skepticism, the Chennai Waterways Improvement Project appears set to take off. The optimism rests on the Union Environment and Forests Ministry sanctioning nearly Rs.500 crores as
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Nothing greasy about it
The increase in oil prices doesn t harm anyone
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On paper
Unless governments force paper companies to invest in cleaner technologies, encourage the manufacture of recycled paper and allow plantations only on lands that are
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Breaking the ice
The long standing people wildlife dispute in Sariska Tiger Reserve is closer to a resolution
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Fatal attraction
Why pregnant women attract mosquitoes
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On slippery ground
In an unholy synergy, a myopic government policy and consequent fuel inefficiency prepare India for a major human-made energy crisis
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Oily Mess
The Indian government subsidises certain petroleum products like diesel This encourages consumers to switch from expensive petrol to cheap diesel Diesel emissions are more harmful than
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A devil called diesel
Exposure to diesel particles can lead to serious ilnesses. Still, the Indian government encourages its use by subsidising it
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Rising greenhouse gases
canada's greenhouse gas emissions, in 1998, were 19 per cent more than the target set under the Kyoto Protocol, the country's environment ministry has revealed. The ministry says that
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Give me more!
Indian industries use more energy than necessary. But there are ways to conserve
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A Renewable Crisis
The last time there was a major push for renewable energy alternatives to polluting fossil fuels was in the aftermath of 1970s oil shock. And then, everyone conveniently relegated the issue to the back burner. With oil prices spiralling through the roof i
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Iron-fed plankton absorbs greenhouse gases
Bolstering the theory that iron is a vital -and often missing - link binding the atmosphere, oceans and climate, scientists have found that dispersing small amounts of the metal in biologically
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Water storage in Govt buildings now mandatory
Due to constantly decreasing water level in and around Delhi, City government on Monday decided that storage of water would be mandatory in all government buildings.The decision to this effect was
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Record ozone hole refuels debate on climate
The hole that opens in the ozone layer over Antarcticaeach southern spring formed earlier and grew bigger this year than at any time since satelliteshave been monitoring the polar atmosphere,
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Even in frigid north, hints of warmer temperatures
But even here, on Ellesmere Island, North America's northernmost tip, the inhabitants think they can see hints of climate change. Glaciers are receding. Winter rains are blamed for declining
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Heat is on for governments to tackle global warming
The heat is on for governments to agree on action at a major climate change conference in the Netherlands next month to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Unless countries resolve