Rising chemicals output a hazard, clean-up needed by 2020 -UN
Alister Doyle
Sep 5 , 2012
* Rising share of chemicals produced in emerging economies
* Poisonings among leading causes of death -UNEP
By Alister Doyle
A Summer of Extremes Signifies the New Normal
bill mckibben
Policymakers agree ambitious global water monitoring initiative-expert
Julie Mollins
Sep 5 , 2012
An Andean woman drinks water from the Cortada lagoon in the Andean region of Cajamarca November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil
Asian nations 'face greatest natural disaster risk'
Mark Kinver
August 15, 2012
Emerging economies in Asia, including India and the Philippines, face the greatest financial risk from natural disasters, an analysis suggests.
Introducing the Ocean Health Index
KELLY SLIVKA
August 15, 2012
Scores on the Ocean Health Index ranged from 36 (Sierra Leone, in West Africa) to 86 (Jarvis Island in the Pacific).
Stressed Aquifers Around the Globe
SOPHIA LI
August 13, 2012
Groundwater depletion is particularly severe in places including California’s Central Valley, the Upper Ganges in India and Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia, researchers report.
Water-powered vehicle demonstrated in Pakistan
STEPHEN VAGUS
AUGUST 13, 2012
Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan to Build Joint Power Line
june 25 2012
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou announced that Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan are due to build a joint power line after a final agreement on the project.
'Vast reservoir' of methane locked beneath Antarctic ice sheet
Press Association
August 29 2012
Scientists say as much as 4bn tonnes of the potent greenhouse gas could be released into the atmosphere if ice melts
LIGHTING THE CLEAN REVOLUTION: THE RISE OF LEDS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR CITIES
theclimategroup.org
June 29 2012