Money will be the key issue when about 100 countries meet in Paris Today for the One Planet Summit. The meeting will focus on marshalling public and private funds toContinue Reading
Researchers at IIT Kharagpur and Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech), South Korea, have fabricated biodegradable and biocompatible self-powered energy harvesters (nanogenerators) from onion skin waste for a rangeContinue Reading
Today, private global climate-related markets are worth over $1 trillion. This includes renewable energy ($297 billion), energy storage ($2.5 billion), green buildings ($388 billion), climate-smart urban transport ($365 billion), waterContinue Reading
Today Gulf region is at the crossroads as the oil slump extends into its third year. A shift to renewable energy will not only reduce the cost of power productionContinue Reading
With apple production greatly affected due to changing climate in Himachal Pradesh (HP), apple farmers are taking to cultivation of vegetables and ‘low chill’ fruits, such as pomegranate and kiwi.Continue Reading
A new kind of toilet using bacteria to break down human excreta has been deployed in Indian trains over four years to 2017, at a cost of Rs 1,305 crore,Continue Reading
A few months ago, Amazon (AMZN) bought Whole Foods at a whopping $13.4 billion, with a promise to bring cheap, organic, nutritious, low carbon*, and pesticide-free food to the masses.Continue Reading
Supreme Court judge Justice M B Lokur today questioned the government over non-utilisation of amounts, collected as compensatory afforestation funds for environmental purposes, and justified judicial activism, saying it hadContinue Reading
