An invasion of venomous spiders forced British authorities to close a school in southern England, amid warnings climate change has boosted numbers of the arachnids. Officials temporarily shut the ...More

BEIJING: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed an audience at the Central School of Communist Party of China in Beijing. In his address, the PM stressed on the need for sustained bilateral cooper ...More

LITHGOW: Firefighters on Tuesday deliberately merged two major blazes in southeastern Australia in a desperate attempt to manage the advancing infernos ahead of weather conditions that authorities war ...More

Bangalore, Oct. 22: Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has sought Rs 5,700 crore to strengthen Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) in the 12th Plan. During the 11th Plan, the allocation for ...More

The monsoon has arrived. So has the term water, in most conversations — be it while cursing the muddy slush or enjoying the breezy drizzles. Aptly timed, water is also the theme for this year’s On ...More

NEW DELHI: With New Delhi sticking to its stand over the controversial HFC – climate damaging refrigerant gas – issue, the ongoing meeting of parties on Montreal Protocol in Bangkok on Tuesday wit ...More

NEW DELHI: With New Delhi sticking to its stand over the controversial HFC – climate damaging refrigerant gas – issue, the ongoing meeting of parties on Montreal Protocol in Bangkok on Tuesday wit ...More

Spending four months in India as an American scholar concerned about global environmental issues, it was enlightening to see what Indian companies are doing to put themselves on apath toward sustainab ...More

London, Oct. 21: The European Commission is standing by its plan to re-introduce aviation emission charges, in the face of warnings that the significant progress towards a global agreement earlier ...More

STOCKHOLM: Russia has blocked a Greenpeace ship from entering Arctic waters where the environmentalist group was planning to protest against oil exploration activities by Russian oil company Rosneft ...More

SYDNEY: A long, hot summer looms for Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott as devastating wildfires near Sydney fuel opposition to his plans to repeal a carbon emissions tax, one of his basic campaign ...More

It has been the season of extremes for Odisha. After a prolonged dry spell threatened a drought-like situation across the State, Phailin has left behind a crisis of deluge. During the monsoon of 2012 ...More

The United States has urged the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change to ensure that voluntary emission reduction targets would not be reviewed in case public consultations showed that they cumu ...More

NEW DELHI: Resisting pressure from the US and other developed countries, India stuck to its stand of handling HFC — climate-damaging refrigerant gas — issue under the United Nations Framework Conv ...More

NEW DELHI: It may aspire to rub shoulders with the likes of US and China at the high table of global superpowers, but India's ambitions have one serious problem - the world's largest democracy has a c ...More

The United States cut its energy-related carbon dioxide pollution by 3.8% last year, the second biggest drop since 1990, the Department of Energy said. The only recent year with a bigger percentage ...More

NEW DELHI: Amid rise in demand for electro- technology devices, Consumer Affairs Minister K V Thomas today emphasised the importance of 'standards' for ensuring safe and energy efficient products to c ...More

LONDON: Global spending to combat climate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a report by the Climate Policy Initiative said on Tuesday. ...More

The first nuclear power station in the U.K. in the last 20 years, the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, is to be built in Somerset, in southwest England. After the March 2011 Fukushima, this is ...More

It has been a big leap for the 23-year-old from Allahabad who pursued her graduation from Sri Venkateswara College before joining TERI University to pursue her MSc in climate science and policy. D ...More