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    Healthy indoor environment highlighted

    21 Dec 2021

    A recent study by the Green Building Certification Inc. (GBCI) India and Saint-Gobain Research India evaluated the health performance of office buildings in India. The ‘Healthy Workplaces for Healthier People’ study focuses on understanding the status

    A clarion call to address the soil crisis

    15 May 2022

    April was a cruel month for this region. Fine dust from the Sahara and Sahel enveloped us all, causing eyes to water, coughing, sneezing, and driving delicate souls indoors. Fine dust disappeared the Kyrenia and Troodos ranges in Cyprus, denied visibility

    Scientists understood physics of climate change in the 1800s

    22 Mar 2024

    Long before the current political divide over climate change, and even before the US Civil War (1861 — 1865), an American scientist named Eunice Foote documented the underlying cause of today’s climate change crisis. The year was 1856. Foote’s brief scientific paper was the first to describe

    Elections workers must wake up to risks posed by AI

    22 Mar 2024

    Days before New Hampshire’s presidential primary, up to 25,000 Granite State voters received a mysterious call from “President Joe Biden.” He urged Democrats not to vote in the primary because it “only enables the Republicans in their quest to elect Donald Trump.” But Biden never said

    Air France uses cooking oil to fly to Canada as green fuel debate rages

    18 May 2021

    Air France flight 342 took off from Charles de Gaulle airport with a 16% mix of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its fuel tanks, produced in France by Total from used cooking oil.

    Dubai reduces 33% of carbon emissions in 2020

    12 Dec 2021

    The Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy aims to reduce carbon emissions by 16% by 2021. This new achievement emphasises that Dubai is moving steadily towards becoming a carbon-neutral economy by 2050.

    Finnish town offers prizes to lure public into lower-carbon lifestyles

    28 Aug 2020

    Researchers also hope to learn whether larger rewards will encourage more citizens away from their cars.

    China gives green light to nuclear units to cut carbon

    15 Apr 2021

    The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter has lagged behind its previous target of operating 58 gigawatts of nuclear power capacity by 2020, partly as the Fukushima nuclear accident slowed down approvals of new projects.

    EU clinches deal on climate law, tougher 2030 emissions goal

    21 Apr 2021

    The deal arrives just in time for a summit of world leaders hosted by the U.S. government on Thursday and Friday, where the EU and other global powers will promote their pledges to protect the planet.

    China’s Sichuan to promote ‘low-carbon pride’ to meet climate goals

    10 Apr 2021

    Sichuan is the first province to issue detailed plans aimed at reaching the target, China Environment News, the official publication of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said on Friday.

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