Climate change threatens US military capabilities, say experts
Militaries around the world have started acknowledging the security risks posed by climate change
What’s the link between oral contraceptive pills and cancer among women?
Ovarian cancer accounts for about 4 per cent of all cancer cases in women and is one of the leading causes of death
Vegetarian and dairy-based diet can ensure optimal use of agricultural land
A research in USA finds that shifting to lacto-vegetarian diet can provide for 1.3 to 2.6 times more people
2015’s global milk crisis threatens small farmers in India
As the Indian government tries to aggressively integrate the dairy sector into the global market, the lives and livelihoods of small …
Nearly 200,000 deaths caused due to sugar-sweetened beverages: study
India’s per capita carbonated beverage consumption was around 0.6 litres in 2013. This is way below 19.96 litres among Americans and 20.…
How green is my free market?
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Coal storage
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Biography of malignancy
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Stuff of a capitalist
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Native Hawaiian sacred sites have been damaged in the Lahaina wildfires – but their stories will live on
Lahaina is considered the earthly home of Kihawahine, a Native Hawaiian goddess; it was also the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom under Kamehameha …
Droughts in Western US fuel emissions, here’s how
Between 2012 and 2016, a drought-induced spike in fossil fuel generation cost California more than $5 billion in damages
Global warming caused over a third of heat-related deaths between 1991 and 2018: Study
The highest percentage of heat-related deaths caused by human-induced climate change (more than 50%) were in Iran, Kuwait, the Philippines, …
Dragon in the room: Why China’s target of carbon neutrality is misleading
China contributed 27% to the world’s overall global emissions in 2019, surpassing the United States
Biden’s climate summit: Major polluters ramp up climate ambition
The summit has put climate back on the agenda and forced leaders of major economies to confront the scale of the task ahead
Fingers crossed: Experts cautious about variant evolution in the wake of China’s COVID-19 tsunami
Any new variant that emerges from the current surge in China may not have the same lethal ability as past ones. But one cannot rule out …
Special Relationship: New Anglo-American energy partnership is Western fossil fuel hypocrisy at its best
Instead of filling the gap left by Russian fossil fuels with renewables, the UK has signed a deal with its traditional transatlantic ally which …
Exxon's Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics
Big Oil has historically played a behind-the-scenes role on American policy and politics. No longer
Climate change can wipe out world's oldest trees
According to scientists, Bristlecone pines, which are found in the upper reaches of the White Mountains in California, could be supplanted by the …
US FDA tightens efforts to address antibiotic use in livestock sector
US FDA achieves another milestone in efforts to address antimicrobial resistance in livestock-prohibits the use of antibiotics as growth promoters
Many provinces experiencing highest emissions since 2003: Scientist monitoring Canadian wildfires
Experts say climate change escalated the fires with the fumes spilling over into to the United States
Wildfires: New York City’s orange skies raise environmental questions
The dystopian orange skies are due to the flames that have been raging north of the US-Canada border
Lethal hypocrisy of US Special 301 Report
Patent protection in the US is a convoluted and expensive business and yet it pulls up other countries that have robust systems
Environmental stewards: Sacred Hopi site in Arizona awarded ICOMOS Water and Heritage Shield
The Hopi consider the Sípàapu on the Little Colorado river to be the place from where their ancestors emerged from another world …