Plant pests biofuelled

How US built consensus to get a deal it wanted

US machinations made everybody fall in line

Sun's the limit

Solar energy is yet to reach its true potential. Engineers aim at efficiency

Brown oil and silvery sheen

DAHR JAMAIL visited Louisiana fisheries on harvest day but found the catch sordid

COVID national emergency in the US might end early — What does this mean?

Public health emergency still in place for now; ending the emergency declaration would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response

Crackdown: Egg seizures at US-Mexico border go up 300%

Median cost of a dozen eggs in the US was $4.25 in January 2023 — over twice what it was a year ago

COP15 Montreal: ‘30x30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’

Fiore Longo, director of the French chapter of Survival International, details the disadvantages of 30x30 of the Global Diversity Framework

Good news! Pacific Bluefin Tuna stock to rebound sooner than expected due to global conservation efforts

Significant young population in current biomass means rebound targets will be met much ahead of schedule

Unfair fields: Asymmetric WTO rules let US inflate cotton subsidies must be reformed

Cottton farmers in India and other Global South countries, like the Afican C-4 of benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, at peril …

US govt halts funding for relocation projects in protected areas

The move comes in response to alleged human rights violations by WWF; likely to deal a blow to relocation project in Karnataka’s Nagarhole …

Intolerance in Paris: an opinion by Sunita Narain

As I write this, it is two days to the endgame at the Paris climate conference. Despite problems, everybody is clear that there will be an …

Big blue trips up Twitter

IBM’s claim of patent violation by Twitter reflects the madness in software litigation in the US

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage

Looming threat of a secretive trade pact

Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will extend restrictive intellectual property laws globally

Guar mine

Farmers in Rajasthan make big bucks as shale gas rush boosts demand for little-known cluster bean

Coronavirus: Where are countries finding the money to mitigate economic catastrophe?

Governments are digging deep into their finances that in some instances were already under strain

Powerful winds of change: Supportive policy, better tech help sector globally

As offshore wind energy is based on expensive technology, pilot projects need support

Germany, Denmark are top performers in Global Green Economy Index

Index measures performance of 60 countries in the global green economy

Awesome monarchs

Migration cycle of the fragile monarch butterfly extends beyond its average lifespan

Glacier through drone's eye

Researchers use new technology to gather data in rugged, inaccessible Himalayan terrain

Nine in 10 schools in Bihar offer mid-day meals without kitchen infrastructure

Drinking water and toilets also missing in most state-run schools

Secret of sensitivity

Study says chlorine in tap water and pesticides behind rising food allergies

Ground reality

Animal diversity in the soil mapped for the first time

In court

US not keen to trade freely