>> Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary The 11th Hour opened in theatres on August 17. The film starts with a bleak outlook on issues like global warming. Much of the roughly 90-minute movie is,

The uk's department of transport has launched a website designed to let car buyers choose the most environmentally friendly vehicle. The site, qww.dft.gov.uk/ActOnco2, allows buyers to search

The National Natural Science Foundation of China has blacklisted 13 academicians for fraud, according to the daily Xinhua. This is the institute's fourth round of "naming and shaming' of scholarly

The uk's advertising standards authority has banned an ad for cleaning specialist Clearway Environmental Services because the real-life images it contained were "too graphic and shocking for

Jatindra Sarma, a forest officer in Assam has compiled a book on the medicinal value of plants in the state. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Assam with Special Reference to Karbi Anglong lists

www.pastoralists.orgChange in land-use patterns, increasing competition for land and other resources, shifting global markets, climate change

A Nepalese community radio station has become the only source of news for flood-hit villagers in Bihar's Darbhanga district. Radio Janakpur is a popular station for people in Bihar's Darbhanga

On August 1, protestors lined up streets of San Francisco against Dow Chemicals involvement in the much-acclaimed Blue Planet Run. The run began on June 1. Twenty runners will circumnavigate the

John Mackey, head of us organic foods group Whole Foods Market, is being investigated for posting messages on the Internet about a rival company. He used a pseudonym to make comments about Wild