Kochi: While carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions often dominate climate talks, we also need to cut emissions of several...
Jun 27, 2022Despite Talk of New Funds for Climate Change, Rich Nations Are Only Diverting Development Aid
Kochi: Despite their promises, developed countries have not committed new and additional funds to developing countries to help them...
Jun 23, 2022India Ranks Third in Renewable Energy Installations in 2021 – But Needs to Do More
Kochi: India ranked third in renewable energy installations in 2021, after China and Russia, according to a global status...
Jun 17, 2022India Calls Environment Index ‘Unscientific’; ‘Rankings Based on Performance,’ Says Lead Author
Kochi: India ranked lowest – 180 – in the recently released Environment Performance Index (EPI), 2022, which lists countries...
Jun 09, 2022Aravalli: As NGT Pulls Up Govts for Illegal Mining, What Is Preventing Conservation?
Kochi: The Aravallis – one of the world’s oldest hill ranges – lie just 40 kilometres southwest of Delhi....
Jun 08, 2022Heat, Erosion, Climate Action Failure: Figures Tell Worrying Tales of State of India’s Environment
Kochi: Numbers tell several worrying tales in ‘State of India’s Environment: In Figures’, a report published by the Centre...
Jun 03, 2022‘Reject Clearance for Etalin Dam in Arunachal Pradesh,’ Conservationists Urge Govt Again
Kochi: Conservationists have urged the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Union environment ministry to “unanimously reject” clearance for...
May 30, 2022PM Modi Unveils Infra Projects of Rs 31,000 Crore For TN. What Will it Cost the Environment?
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 11 Union government-funded development projects for Tamil Nadu on May 26. These include the 262-kilometre-long...
May 28, 2022Climate Change Possibly Made India’s Heatwaves ’30-100 Times More Likely’
Kochi: The heatwaves that swept across north and northwest India this year have been breaking records. The region experienced...
May 22, 2022To Find the Fish, Find the People: How Scientists Came Upon the Pathala Eel Loach
Scientists in Kerala have discovered a new species of subterranean fish, which they have called the Pathala eel...
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