LONDON: The United Nations secretary general is to invite world leaders next week to an unprecedented summit on...
Published 22 Sep, 2013 07:05am
RAPIDLY rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are causing a potential catastrophe in our oceans as they...
Updated 27 Aug, 2013 07:24am
BONN, June 20: The actions of the US government in spying on its and other countries’ citizens have been sharply...
Published 21 Jun, 2013 08:46am
PEOPLE in the rich world should become “demitarians” — eating half as much meat as usual, while stopping short of giving it up — in order to avoid severe environmental damage, scientists have urged, in the clearest
Published 18 Feb, 2013 08:02pm
COAL is likely to rival oil as the world’s biggest source of energy in the next five years, with potentially disastrous consequences for the climate, according to the world’s leading authority on energy economics.
Published 20 Dec, 2012 02:49am
LONDON: This year is likely to be the ninth warmest on record, with global temperatures in 2012 cooler than the average for the past decade owing to the effects of La Niña weather patterns early in the year.
Published 30 Nov, 2012 12:01am
STANDING opposite Singapore, across the strait of Johor, is the site of a new project that its architects and developers hope will be the future of urban life in Southeast Asia — a mega-city built along eco-friendly lines,
Published 03 Nov, 2012 10:02pm
EUROPE is looking to open a new frontier in the ever more urgent quest for new natural resources — the pristine icy wastes of Greenland.
Published 02 Aug, 2012 12:00am
LONDON: Costa Rica, Vietnam and Colombia topped a new index ranking countries according to their perceived level of happiness, life expectancy and environmental factors, because of those countries’ low environmental impact, relatively good life expectancy
Published 15 Jun, 2012 01:15am
ENERGY from gas power stations has been rebranded as a green, low-carbon source of power by an €80bn European Union programme, in a triumph of the deep-pocketed fossil fuel industry lobby over
Published 30 May, 2012 10:03pm
