Sluggish demand growth for liquefied natural gas (LNG), combined with a record increase in global export capacity through 2028, will likely thrust markets into an extended period of oversupply, according to the latest Global LNG Outlook from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). As major importing regions—including …
Evidence supporting a link between postnatal environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and cognitive problems among children is mounting, but inconsistent. The researchers examined the relationship between ETS exposure, measured using urine cotinine, and IQ scores in Korean school-aged children.
More people are eating local and organic foods and plan to consume less meat and bottled water. However, most also believe they lack enough information and influence to become more environmentally sustainable consumers, a new National Geographic survey has found. This year's report, the fifth since 2008, focused on food. …
EBONYI State government, on Wednesday, signed a $1.14 billion contract with Posco, a South Korean company, for the construction of independent power station. The project, with capacity to generate 2,700 megawatts of electricity when completed, will be the biggest independent power station in the country. The proposed power plant, jointly …
Flash floods brought on by heavy rain in southern South Korea have killed at least five people, officials say. One person was killed and four others are missing after a bus was swept away by floods near the southern city of Changwon, Yonhap news agency reported. In Busan, South Korea's …
Scientists in South Korea say they have found a way of converting used cigarette butts into a material capable of storing energy that could help power everything from mobile phones to electric cars. In a study published on Tuesday in the journal Nanotechnology, researchers from Seoul National University outlined how …
This may confirm suspicions that many of us have already had. Besides leading the world in consumer debt and military spending, the U.S. can now add climate denial to that list. That is, according to a Global Trends survey by the U.K.-based market research firm Ipsos MORI. The study polled …
Climate change could pose an even greater threat to global food production than previously thought, according to new research. Rising temperatures will not only damage heat-sensitive crops – they’ll also increase toxic air pollution, which will harm crops even further. The study, out this week in the journal Nature Climate …
Melting Arctic ice is widening a path for ships to deliver European oil to Asia, stoking South Korea’s ambition to become a regional storage and trading hub. The country, whose proximity to China, Russia and Japan makes it an ideal conduit for oil arriving via the Arctic, plans to add …
The majority of the world’s major cities have disclosed that climate change presents a physical risk to the businesses operating in their cities. This real and current threat is driving local governments to take concrete action in response, so finds Protecting our Capital.
Report is the first of its kind to prescribe concrete actions that the biggest 15 economies must take to keep warming below 2C The United Nations was presented with a roadmap to avoid a climate catastrophe on Tuesday, prescribing specific actions for the world’s biggest economies to keep warming below …
This interim 2014 report by the Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project (DDPP) summarizes preliminary findings of the pathways developed by the DDPP Country Research Teams with the objective of achieving emission reductions consistent with limiting global warming to less than 2°C. The DDPP is a knowledge network comprising 15 Country Research …
The Asia-Pacific Renewable Energy Assessment (APREA) provides an overview of the current and possible future costs of renewable electricity generation in selected reference economies: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Australia.
The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has ranked India as No 3 among the list of top 10 countries for LEED outside of the United States. Canada tops the list followed by China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany and Brazil, among others. The list demonstrates the global reach of the …
वायु प्रदूषण से 2012 में 70 लाख लोग मरे: WHOजिनेवा: संयुक्त राष्ट्र की स्वास्थ्य एजेंसी ने बताया कि वायु प्रदूषण के कारण 2012 में विश्वभर में 70 लाख लोगों की मौत हुई है। विश्व स्वास्थ्य संगठन में सार्वजनिक एवं पर्यावरणीय स्वास्थ्य की प्रमुख मारिया नीरा ने कहा, ‘ घर के …
Apple's labour practices are under attack by two activist groups who contend the company makes its iPhones with a hazardous mix of chemicals that threaten the health of factory workers assembling the devices in China. The campaign began Wednesday with an online petition put together by China Labor Watch, a …
IFC plans to invest $25 million or 20%, whichever is lesser, in Asia Environmental Partners II, L.P. (AEP II), a 10-year $300 million target size private equity fund from Olympus Capital. The fund focuses on the fast growing environmental and clean energy industries across Asia, including India. Olympus Capital, an …
Contrary to the popular belief that India is becoming dumping ground for clinical trials, the recent data, in fact, shows that the number of clinical trials are on a downward spiral. As per the government data, in 2011 the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) received 306 applications for approval …
Teams of workers, aided by ships and aircraft, will complete on Monday the sea cleanup of 164,000 liters of oil that leaked off South Korea's southern coast, the coast guard said, after a pipeline run by GS Caltex Corp cracked at the weekend. A cleanup of shore areas will take …
Five Indian think tanks have made it to the list of top 150 worldwide. At rank 50 is Centre for Civil Society (CCS), at 102 is Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), at 107 is The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) followed by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) at 114 …
Human rights violations connected to the POSCO-India project must be addressed as a matter of priority by India and South Korea during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye’s state visit to India, said ESCR-Net today. India and South Korea should discuss and make public concrete measures to address serious allegations of …
