Quantcast
Channel: India Environment Portal | News, reports, documents, blogs, data, analysis on environment & development | India, South Asia
Browsing all 147 articles
Browse latest View live

Ivory stained with tea to make it look older and bypass the law sold in UK,...

• Illegal ivory that is less than 70 years old is being sold in the UK, after it is stained with tea to make it look older and bypass legislation. • Evidence suggests ivory which has been poached from

View Article


Government to tweak planning laws to solve housing crisis

• The Government is to outline a series of tweaks to planning laws it says will help solve the housing shortage.• Ministers want to require councils to come with a local plan to meet housing demand in

View Article


Wind turbines could be fitted to millions of UK lampposts

• Millions of lampposts could be fitted with wind turbines connected directly into the National Grid. IT and technology firm NVT Group and Own Energy, which designed the small turbine that will be used,

View Article

Endangered penguins hunting for fish in wrong place after climate change...

Endangered penguins are hunting for fish in the wrong place because climate change has prompted sardines and other prey to move to another part of the ocean, researchers have discovered. The plight

View Article

Somalia food crisis at 'tipping point' with country heading towards...

Three-month old Abshir, pictured at Garowe General Hospital in Puntland, Somalia, is suffering from malnutrition-related complications pictures by: Tom Pilston/Save the Children Somalia is at “tipping

View Article


Five HIV patients left 'virus-free' with no need for daily drugs in...

• A new vaccine-based treatment for HIV has succeeded in suppressing the virus in five patients, raising hopes further research could help prevent Aids without the need for daily drugs. • Researchers

View Article

Millions of Americans facing 'megadrought' as Colorado river...

The south-western United States is almost certain to experience a “megadrought” lasting decades if global warming continues unchecked, researchers have warned. The once-mighty Colorado river, which has

View Article

Source of world's biggest pool of underwater greenhouse gas discovered...

• The source of the world’s biggest underwater pool of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been discovered in the Pacific Ocean by a team of scientists. • The discovery could have implications for

View Article


Vertical future: London based start-up to launch device to tackle air...

• A London-based tech start-up is developing a secretive tool designed to limit the impact of air pollution in major cities. • Husband-and-wife team Jamie and Marie-Alexandrine Burrows this week launched

View Article


'Artificial plants' could turn carbon dioxide into fuel helping to...

An artificial form of photosynthesis that sucks carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been invented by a scientist who claims the “breakthrough” device could be used to reduce global warming. Plants

View Article

Deadly air pollution can get into the bloodstream, 'smoking gun'...

Tiny particles – like those produced in vast amounts by burning fossil fuels – can pass through the lungs into the bloodstream and then damage various different organs, according to a controversial new

View Article

Coal sector ‘gets £356m a year in subsidies, despite Government’s green pledges’

The coal sector benefits from £356m a year in subsidies in the UK, despite the Government’s pledge to phase out use of the highly polluting fossil fuel, a report suggests. The multimillion-pound support

View Article

Thousands of cars banned from roads as Mexico City chokes in longest...

Murky skies and high ozone levels have led authorities Mexico City to ban thousands of cars from the road AP Authorities in Mexico City have ordered cars off the streets and warned people about exercising

View Article


Did the first farmers deliberately domesticate wild plants?

Ancient Egyptians grew crops including wheat, barley, and vegetables The Oxford encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt The beginning of agriculture changed human history and has fascinated scholars for centuries.

View Article

Conservatives quietly bin pledge to ban ivory trade in 2017 manifesto

Theresa May has been accused of quietly scrapping a Conservative pledge to ban the ivory trade in the UK. Former Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to “press for a total ban on ivory sales” in his

View Article


Switzerland votes to phase out nuclear energy and switch to renewables

Swiss voters have backed government plans to replace the power from ageing nuclear reactors with renewable energy. A total of 58.2 per cent of voters supported the phaseout of nuclear energy in a binding

View Article

Nearly 94% of Shell shareholders reject emissions reduction target in line...

'Even though we are a large company, we are a small company in relation to the overall energy system,' says Shell's Ben van Beurden Getty Royal Dutch Shell has been rapped over its climate change...

View Article


Sea levels are rising at triple the pace since 1990, find scientists

A river of meltwater flows over 120-metre wide waterfall in Antarctica Won Sang Lee/Korea Polar Research Institute A new scientific analysis finds that the Earth’s oceans are rising nearly three times

View Article

Animal farms in South-east Asia fuel an illegal trade in rare wildlife

The tiger paces back and forth in its cage, groaning mournfully. A second big cat sleeps soundly in the corner, while a third stares blankly at the bars. Next to this cage is another containing three more

View Article

World food supplies at risk as climate change threatens international trade,...

The world’s food supplies are in danger as climate change and the increasing reliance on global trade threaten to create shortages and sudden, dramatic increases in prices, according to a new report by

View Article
Browsing all 147 articles
Browse latest View live