Easy environment conservation idea: Save energy by saving food
It is difficult to believe that just by not wasting food the United States could immediately save the energy equivalent of that produced by about 350 million barrels of oil a year. US-based scientists Michael Webber and Amanda Cuellar note that food contains
About 3,500 Indians and Chinese will die of aircraft pollution this year
The harmful pollutants emitted by an aircraft at an altitude of 35,000 feet are fatal for people, says a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology (EST). The report reads that almost 8,000 people will die due to aircraft pollutants this
Environment adds a new dimension on diabetes prevention; Indians at high risk
A study by Harvard medical researchers, published in the October issue of Diabetes Care, links air pollution to increased rates of diabetes. The research says that even in areas where there are acceptable levels of air pollution, as regulated by the Environmental Protection
Green national accounting system by 2015
‘In the last few months, I have tried to set the ball rolling, so that by 2015, at least, we can have a system of green national accounting,’ Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said. The minister said
Our roads, our cows, and us.
The grandeur of the sight is compelling. An under-construction flyover – some three kilometres in length”overlooking a sea of human beings, cars, motorbikes, buses, mini trucks, scooters, cycle rickshaws, bicycles, carts, animals – all bravely navigating the crests and troughs of what can
Climate change, poverty, gender, disarmament and terrorism in foreign minister’s UN address
Foreign Minister SM Krishna addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 29. Given below is the full text version of the minister’s speech. Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen. At the outset, please allow me to congratulate you on your election as President
Environmental protection plan for each village in Maharashtra
To spread awareness about environment conservation and help curb air, water and soil pollution in every village of Maharashtra, the state’s rural development minister Jayant Patil will initiate a plan that will be introduced within the next year. Addressing a press conference on
Leonardo to sensitize the cause of the Indian tiger
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has expressed his interest to the environment ministry to raise global awareness to save India’s tigers. According to sources in the ministry, the actor has expressed his interest to play a crucial role in sensitizing the global community to
New policy to strike a balance between development and ecology
The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure is expected to propose a policy that will strike a balance between development and ecological concerns. The policy is being drafted to end a tussle between the ministry of environment and the ministry of coal over the mining
Unless you reach out to people at the lowest rung, development cannot happen.
This conversation almost did not happen. In what can be termed as a role reversal, the interviewee, Krishan Pal Gurjar, president of BJP Haryana and MLA from Tigaon, had to wait for over an hour for the CauseBecause team, delayed by the most