The government’s wholesale cuts to renewable energy subsidies are sending a worrying sign to investors, says employers’ group, the CBI. The head of the group, John Cridland, said firms must be given confidence that ministers really mean to tackle climate change. The government cut subsidies in the summer because the £7.6bn budget had been exceeded. […]
A bigger more hearty catnip plant – whose enriched oil not only promises to drive cats crazy with pleasure but also may be a safer, more effective mosquito repellent – has been developed for specialized commercial farmers by Rutgers University. A super catnip has been developed by Rutgers that will allow commercial farmers to grow […]
There is mounting data to suggest that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) can have adverse affects on the environment. A new study, however, suggests that populations living close to fracking sites also have a higher incidence of health complications. Researchers at the University of Missouri studied data to determine whether residential populations living near what they called […]
In 2000, malaria was identified as one of the biggest impediments to global development and selected as a critical global target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Target 6c aimed to halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria by 2015. This report summarizes the remarkable progress seen, on a global and regional level, […]
We often hear it said that climate change is too abstract to win the support needed to effectively combat it. But the primary way we will experience climate change is through the water cycle – through droughts, floods, depleted rivers, shrinking reservoirs, dried-out soils, melting glaciers, loss of snowpack and overall shortages of water to […]
Dhaka city is seeing a rapid rise in the incidence of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection that can be fatal at times. Last month, 727 dengue cases were reported in the capital and elsewhere. The number was 558 in the first 20 days of this month, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and […]
2015 News Releases EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act Violations EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (collectively referred to as Volkswagen). The NOV alleges that four-cylinder Volkswagen and Audi diesel cars from model years […]
Wild songbirds that prefer to eat at bird feeders have an increased risk of acquiring a common eye disease. In turn, these birds also spread the disease more quickly to their flock mates, according to an international research team led by Virginia Tech scientists. The researchers found that this feeding preference, rather than its social […]
The sheer vastness of the oceans on this planet make it seem almost impossible that our actions could bring them to the point of no return, but a new report has found that we are causing an alarming decline of marine ecosystems and the species who rely on them. According to the World Wildlife Fund‘s (WWF) recently released Living Blue […]
In the shadow of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, people are struggling to receive treatment for their non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, lung and heart disease and diabetes. Roads are blocked, health facilities are in disrepair, medicines are scarce and financial resources to make out-of-pocket payments are absent. Humanitarian health workers like Dr Tamara […]
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