Changing the oil game – Shale gas
byShale gas is fast transforming the world’s energy industry. It is cheap, abundant and has the ability to burn cleaner than fossil fuels and…
Environment
The Himalayas-Once Moaning, now Groaning
byPalampur: The Himalayas are being pounded again. Timber was stolen first; medicinal and aromatic herbs next. Now power projects are stealing water, life line…
Western Ghat report has imperialist mindset: Ecologist
byPanaji, May 18 (IANS) Ecologist Madhav Gadgil has picked holes in former ISRO head K. Kasturirangan’s high-level working group (HLWG) report on the environmentally…
Elephants crush two to death in Jharkhand
byRanchi, May 18 (IANS) Rampaging elephants trampled two people to death in a village on the outskirts of the Jharkhand capital Ranchi Friday, an…
US couple donates land to Argentine park
byBuenos Aires, May 18 (IANS/EFE) The Conservation Land Trust, a project of US philanthropists and environmental activists Douglas and Kris Tompkins, donated 15,000 hectares…
Warm morning in Delhi, hot day ahead
byNew Delhi, May 18 (IANS) It was a warm morning in the capital Saturday with the minimum temperature settling at 24.8 degrees Celsius, a…
Russia to test drones to track wildlife, poachers
byMoscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a bid to track its wildlife and hunt down poachers, Russia is all set to test unmanned aerial…
Maharashtra generates highest amount of hazardous waste
byNew Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India generates 7.9 million tonnes of hazardous waste every year with the highest amount generated by Maharashtra, the environment…
Hot Friday in Delhi, no respite over the weekend
byNew Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Delhi sweated it out on a hot, sunny Friday as the maximum temperature settled three notches above the season’s…
South Central Railway to provide bio-toilets on more trains
byHyderabad, May 17 (IANS) The South Central Railway (SCR) plans to procure 200 more eco-friendly bio-toilets to provide the facility on more trains in…