Last year was dreadful for African elephants. This year may be worse. IT IS a bad time to be an elephant, particularly in Africa.

For the first time ever, the number of poor people is declining everywhere.

The green image of the Dutch is at odds with the reality .

GLOBAL health campaigns like grand goals.

Tighter regulation, bountiful natural gas and declining installation costs for renewable energy herald the end of America’s coal era

CARBON emissions vary hugely between countries. That is well known, as is the finding that rich people emit more than poor ones.

Power is essential for India’s long-term growth. But electricity is unlikely to flow fast enough

ELECTRICITY producers in Germany are in disarray.

THE juxtaposition of “gas” and “boom” conjures misfortune: mining disasters, Zeppelins in flame and the like.

“CHOLERA most forcibly teaches us our mutual connection.