In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
Aug. 27: Tata Steel is planning to acquire iron ore and coal mines in Africa, Brazil and Canada, which could contribute 50 per cent captive raw material by 2015. Addressing the annual general meeting of Tata Steel on Thursday, Mr Ratan Tata, the chairman of Tata Sons, said: "The acquisition …
A stand of young redwoods, survivors in what was once a magnificent forest of towering giants, could play a small part of the battle to slow global warming -- and forms part of an emerging market. The trees, which trap quantities of the carbon dioxide that is warming the planet, …
Climate change will lead to significant changes of groundwater recharge and thus renewable groundwater resources. Using the global water resources and use model WaterGAP, the impact of climate change on groundwater recharge and the number of affected people was computed for four climate scenarios by two climate models. Vulnerability of …
Ananya Dutta Kolkata: Eight Brazilian marmoset monkeys were stolen from the Alipore Zoological Gardens after the netting of the enclosure in which they were kept was prised open on Saturday night, zoo authorities said here on Sunday.
A ship loaded with 1,600 tonnes of rubbish set sail on Wednesday to return the rotting cargo to Britain from Brazil, where it had been shipped falsely declared as plastic for recycling. Eighty-nine containers packed with trash that includes dirty diapers, used syringes, food waste and computer parts were hoisted …
The dream of cellulosic ethanol powered vehicles and biorefineries is slowly coming to life, climbing through contentious issues of fuel versus food, low petroleum oil prices and sustainability. Brazil is growing quickly alongside the expanding biofuel market with predicted long term demand. A recently released biofuels report by the Pike …
Aid of $10 billion from rich nations would be a "good beginning" to launch a U.N. climate treaty due to be agreed in Copenhagen in December, the United Nations' top climate official said on Thursday. Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, also told the BBC World …
Brazil's securities regulator has recommended that carbon credits be treated as investments separate from derivatives since they are used mainly as instruments to trim greenhouse gas emissions. In a decision published late on Tuesday, the Rio de Janeiro-based securities regulator, known as CVM, said it would consider some carbon credit …
The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) has begun to measure the position of tobacco use among people above 15 years of age in the country. With the support of WHO and Bloomberg Global Initiative, the survey will track prevalence of adult tobacco use, exposure to risk, knowledge of laws, and …
Brazil will send 89 shipping containers of garbage, rotting and maggot-infested, back to Britain and has issued $419,000 in fines to the three Brazilian companies that imported it, the government said on Monday. Around 1,600 tons of waste, including toilet seats, dirty diapers, used syringes and old TVs and computers, …
India has approached the world trade organization (WTO) to settle a dispute with the European Union (EU). In the past year, the EU seized 16 Indian drug consignments in transit to Peru, Brazil, Columbia and Nigeria at Frankfurt and Amsterdam ports.
Britain has decided to take back more than 1,400 tonnes of toxic waste that was found in Brazil last week. The waste, contained in over 80 containers, included domestic and food waste, technological products, syringes, condoms and bags of blood. Britain has already launched an inquiry to probe how hazardous …
Nearly 2,300 plant species are at risk of disappearing from flora-rich Brazil, many more than once thought, according to an academic study. The research released, carried out by 175 scientists, indicates the Brazilian government has dramatically underestimated the risk to the country's plant species caused by deforestation, fires and urbanisation. …
Rio De Janeiro: Brazilians are kicking up a stink over 1,200 tonnes of British garbage, including toilet seats, dirty nappies and used syringes, that are rotting at two southern ports after arriving in container ships. The trash, which arrived in Brazil earlier this year, was destined for Brazilian companies that …
At their annual summit last week, leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations pledged to try to keep the planet from warming by more than 2
Pesticides in veggies: A government of India survey found high levels of pesticides in fruits and vegetables. Fourteen per cent of the samples collected from across the country had traces of pesticide residues. Four per cent had residues beyond the permissible limit. Pesticide residues were also found in cereals, pulses, …
