human activities add loads of nitrogen to forests, posing threats. Scientists at the us Oregon State University, however, say this may be helpful; but only to some extent. They found that artificial

A Dutch study has said that China has become world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases, outdoing the us by 8 per cent. The Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency on June 19 said industrial

The Netherlands recently announced its plans to cut co2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. To achieve the target, it has proposed that an additional tax be imposed on cars that exceed the permissible

a new study in a high carbon content paddy field of West Bengal has questioned India's projected methane emission levels, suggesting that if rigorous research is carried out in the eastern and

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Toyota's Prius hybrid stole a march on the car industry. What comes next?

The us recently iterated its opposition to a European proposal to make foreign airlines pay a premium for aircraft emissions. It claims that this method of reducing greenhouse gases would hurt

>> A report released on May 7 by the pressure group, Media Matters for America, says minorities and women get less space in prime-time news programmes in the us. The three-week study said most of