Fiscal implications of global decarbonization
Internationally coordinated climate mitigation policies can effectively put the world on a path toward achieving the agreed Paris temperature goals. Such coordination could be initiated by large players,
United States Of America (US)
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Whither imperatives of environmental justice?
The disproportionate distribution of environmental risks among the population is known as environmental justice, environmental equity or at some instance environmental racism. All these terms in fact define the status that the poor suffer greater exposure to environmental pollution than other communities.
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Oil spill: Obama to visit affected coast for review
President Barack Obama planned to visit the US Gulf Coast on Sunday to assess the response to a massive oil slick that keeps growing and creeping toward American shores from Louisiana to Florida.
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Barack leads US mission to control oil slick
Venice (Louisiana): US president Barack Obama heads to Louisiana on Sunday to rally faltering efforts to protect its vulnerable shores from a giant oil slick which is threatening environmental and economic catastrophe.
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Dow Chemical asked to clean up contaminated sites in the US
dow Chemical has been asked to clean-up its act in the us. It's been charged with spreading contaminants. This comes soon after a row in India over shifting of toxic waste from the Union Carbide
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QED
Scientific proof that pesticides harm the human body
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Small doses of chemicals harm foetus
An international consortium of scientists recently emphasised on the irreversible harm that toxic chemicals can cause to foetuses and infants. The consensus was reached at the International
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Finishing touches
Ayurvedic massage can reduce body s toxin levels by 58 per cent
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Not quite the light side
This film, produced by Toxic Comedy Pictures, captures the directors and crew of this independent film travelling to America's vinyl manufacturing capital and beyond in search of answers to troubling
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Buckling down
In its pamphlet, the EPA underplays the health risks due to pesticides
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Whither clean fuel?
A proposal to make diesel cleaner in the US is opposed by the oil industry