Mapping how to feed 9 billion humans, while avoiding environmental calamity
Yesterday The Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation unveiled an ambitious plan to protect and connect 50 percent of the world’s land area as part of a broader effort to curb global warming, stave off the...
Plastic recycling slow to gain ground in Finland
Finland has traditionally had high recycling rates, but a national system for collecting household plastic waste was not set up until early 2016, when the Rinki recycling network was set up. It got...
90% of rural houses to get piped water by 2022: President Ram Nath Kovind
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said the government has made a “sacred commitment” of covering 90 percent of Indian rural households with piped water supply by 2022 when the country...
Farmers have faced many challenges this wet spring but are generally happier
The milk payout has lifted and along with it the mood of farmers, but the wet spring is putting a dampener on their good spirits, says a dairy leader. “Farmers have had to deal with some...
Portugal faces sardine ban
This comes after the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) advised that sardine fishing be completely suspended in Portugal and Spain in 2018 given what it termed the huge drop in...
Marijuana farming hurts environment, new study finds
Planting cannabis for commercial production in remote locations is creating forest fragmentation, stream modification, soil erosion and landslides. Without land-use policies to limit its...
Springbank reservoir would have no significant environmental impact, Alberta Transportation concludes
Alberta Transportation says its assessment of the proposed Springbank off-stream reservoir — designed to protect Calgary from major floods — has determined the project will have no significant...
Environment Canada scales back climate measurements at Alert due to staff shortage
Canada’s northernmost federal weather and research station is scaling back some environmental measurements and possibly suspending some others for six months due to a staff shortage blamed on...
