With the direst warnings yet of impending environmental disaster still ringing in their ears, representatives from nearly 200 nations gathered Sunday in Poland to firm up their plan to prevent catastrophic climate change. The UN climate summit comes at a crucial juncture in mankind’s response to planetary warming. […]
Oil and coal giants are exploiting a lack of conflict-of-interest protection at UN climate talks to push for continued fossil fuel use despite its contribution to harmful climate change, several sources have told AFP. As policymakers from around the world prepare to gather in Poland for the COP […]
KATOWICE, Poland — Three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris, world leaders are gathering again to agree on the fine print. The euphoria of 2015 has given way to sober realization that getting an agreement among almost 200 countries, each with their own political […]
Mumbai :Â Priyanka Chopra’s maiden Sikkimese production “Pahuna: The Little Visitors” is set to release on December 7. Produced under Priyanka and her mother Madhu Chopra’s banner Purple Pebble Pictures, the film has been directed by Paakhi A Tyrewala. The film revolves around three Nepali children who get separated […]
Oct. 30–Â People are likely being exposed to a newly detected toxic pollutant by breathing contaminated dust or through skin contact, according to a study. Researchers at Indiana University discovered high levels of the chemical, tri(2,4-di-t-butylphenyl) phosphate, or TDTBPP, in homes, an electronic waste recycling facility and in the […]
Air pollution is slowly easing in EU countries but still causes nearly half a million early deaths each year, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said in its annual report published Monday. Although pollution levels dropped slightly in 2015, they remain far higher than standards set by both the […]
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