Willow trees cultivated for green energy can yield up to five times more biofuel if they grow diagonally, compared with those that are allowed to grow naturally up towards the sky.

140 nations sign UN treaty to curb mercury pollution

21 Jan 2013

Small-scale gold mining, coal-fired power plants, steel and cement industries are the main contributors of mercury emission, which can cause brain and neurological disorder, damages to kidneys and the digestive system, memory loss, language impairment

Keystone tar sands waste more harmful to environment: report

18 Jan 2013

Heat-resistant corals provide clues to climate change survival, Stanford researchers say

By By Rob Jordan | 16 Jan 2013

Discontinue mandatory approvals from gram sabhas: NHAI to SC

12 Jan 2013

Bharti Airtel reduces carbon emissions by 11 per cent

12 Jan 2013

‘Human safari’ row goes to India’s Supreme Court

09 Jan 2013

Coral Records Suggest that Recent El Nino Activity Rises Above Noisy Background

07 Jan 2013

Transocean to pay $1.4 bn for 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill

05 Jan 2013

British oil giant BP, which had leased the rig at the time of the blowout, had already agreed to pay a penalty of $4.5 billion

Pacific tremour prompts tsunami warning in Alaska, British Columbia

05 Jan 2013

Warming temperatures will change Greenland’s face

05 Jan 2013

Himalayas could see massive earthquakes: Experts

01 Jan 2013

EPA announces stiffer standard for soot pollution

15 Dec 2012

BHP Billiton, ExxonMobil to spend $1 billion on excess carbon treatment at new gas fields in Victoria

15 Dec 2012

UK government greenlights shale fracking

14 Dec 2012

Clean-up makes Gulf of Mexico spill 52 times more toxic

12 Dec 2012

If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that poured into the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill was an ecological disaster, the two million gallons of dispersant used to clean it up apparently made it even worse

Powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes northeast Japan

07 Dec 2012

There were no reports of any major damage or injuries from the earthquake, which was centered off the Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan at a depth of 10 km