VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The world must rapidly ditch fossil fuels and end "the senseless war against creation", Pope Francis said on Thursday, in a fresh plea over climate change that called on
Submissions to joint parliamentary committee reviewing proposed changes to Forest Conservation Act say these will 'open the floodgates' to unchecked mining and commercial activity.
Carbon markets are bringing unprecedented finance to ecological protection, but market frenzy also creating opportunities for greenwashing, creative carbon accounting.
Published by Penguin India, 'The Case for Nature' by Siddarth Shrikanth will be released on 23 May on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch digital ebooks.
A US agency seeking to restore habitat for Chinook salmon and endangered coho salmon gave final approval Thursday to decommission four dams straddling the California-Oregon border.
A research team at the University of Colorado Boulder are looking into the use of algae-derived limestone for environmentally friendly cement production.
Months after giving ‘in-principle approval’ for oil/gas drilling, govt’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has asked for further studies after Wildlife Institute’s recommendations.
Improving water quality, sequestering carbon — With India designating 5 more wetlands as 'Ramsar sites', we look at the Ramsar Convention signed by nations to protect its wetlands.
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services releases 'Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature' at Germany meet.
While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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