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11 dead in rain-related incidents as Delhi sees heaviest downpour in decades

Shivangi Acharya - 30 June, 2024

China is building a carbon-neutral economy with nature-positive start-ups

Only 17% of SDG targets on track, progress stalled for over a third, says UN report

As India grapples with EU carbon tax, renewables could help cut heavy industries’ emissions quickly

Brazil’s president wants to deforest the Amazon, and the UN has few options to stop him

Ash Murphy - 16 July, 2019

The Amazon is a crucial carbon sink, which makes responding to Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro's deforestation efforts a matter of international responsibility.

A 550 km-long mass of rotting seaweed is heading for Mexico’s beaches

Sean Fleming - 14 July, 2019

It’s a bleak picture. Beaches ruined by deposits of foul-smelling, rotting seaweed are bad for tourism.

We went deep into remote Cambodian jungles to ensure rare Siamese crocodiles had enough food

Paul McInerney - 14 July, 2019

Our only reliable indication of the crocodiles' diet came from scats (crocodile poo) collected along the river banks inhabited by remnant populations.

Planting trees to fight climate change is no sure solution

Faye Flam - 12 July, 2019

The risk in believing that just planting trees can fight climate changes is that it might mislead people into thinking we don’t need to cut emissions.

The world’s 2-billion-tonne garbage problem just got more alarming

Ann Koh - 12 July, 2019

Asian countries are rejecting tainted garbage from countries that export them. Those ships could now head to Africa, it is feared.

US military is a bigger polluter than 140 countries. The war machine has to be shrunk

Benjamin Neimark - 6 July, 2019

US military consumes more liquid fuels and emits more climate-changing gases than most medium-sized countries.

You eat a credit card’s worth of plastic a week, finds research

Emma Charlton - 29 June, 2019

People around the world are consuming about 5 grams of microplastic a week, and experts say there's no way to escape it.

Rhino, snow leopard, red panda — the endangered species Modi govt wants to protect

Sanya Dhingra - 28 June, 2019

As part of its 5-year plan, Modi govt has identified other issues that need attention, including resolving man-animal conflict and eco-tourism policy.

How mangrove nurseries are changing the lives of Odisha women & the forest around them

Peter Thomson - 24 June, 2019

For years, these women lost income, their health and nutrition suffered, and they found themselves ever more marginalised.

This egg hunt in Jaisalmer is no game. It’s a matter of life & death for a ‘great’ bird

Ajay Suri - 22 June, 2019

The Great Indian Bustard, among the heaviest flying birds on the planet, is at least 30 times closer to extinction than the tiger.

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Environment

11 dead in rain-related incidents as Delhi sees heaviest downpour in decades

China is building a carbon-neutral economy with nature-positive start-ups

Only 17% of SDG targets on track, progress stalled for over a third, says UN report

As India grapples with EU carbon tax, renewables could help cut heavy industries’ emissions quickly

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Defence

General Upendra Dwivedi who helmed modernisation bid in Northern Command takes over as Army chief

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Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

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