Reasons to Stop Using Fossil Fuels
From improving health to regulating weather to preserving biodiversity, there are many reasons to stop using fossil fuels. Guest blogger Odewale Abayomi Joseph outlines a few of them. It was rare [...]
Air and Water Become Poison in South Asia
As the population of Asia is constantly on rise, pollution and climate change have turned into serious issues. In China, India and Pakistan, these problems are particularly severe. China is the [...]
Kashmir Floods: Rainfall ‘400 times greater than normal’
Rainfall 400 times greater than normal fell in Kashmir in the first two weeks of September, the concluding stage of monsoon season in India. The torrential rainfall resulted in local rivers [...]
World Environment Day 2014
Tomorrow is World Environment Day (WED), the one day a year where we treat the planet the way we should every day. Failing that 364-day dedication, as many of us do, WED calls us to environmental [...]
Fracking: Where the UK is Really Going
The UK seems all set to follow in the footsteps of the USA and adopt fracking on a widespread scale. The advocates for this move point toward how high energy prices are inhibiting economic [...]
How Many Haiyans Will it Take to Change Policy?
COP19, the UN sponsored conference on climate change, is currently underway in Poland. The basic idea is that for 2 weeks high ranking officials, drawn from the 4 corners of the planet, will [...]