Earth Sciences

DECENTRALIZED biofuel production using local flora on degraded or underused lands, has the potential to provide energy to half a billion people living in poverty in rural Asia.

2007, and 5 percent locally-sourced bioethanol blend in all gasoline products this year, and 10 percent ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 17 2009 - 8:13pm

Isolated hamlet in Indian forest gets electricity from seed-powered generator

bill for oil imports, he said. Fifty-five percent of all rural households_ 77 million village homes_ do ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Sep 25 2009 - 7:42am

Climate Change Communication Challenges – Preparing A Strategy

city where all the climate change action will take place in December, in Copenhagen 4 th December 2009. ...

Article - Bente Lilja Bye - May 15 2010 - 10:12am

Cracks appear in G-77 bloc on Day One

If the G-77 is able to come out with a single draft with the inputs of all members, it would put ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 8 2009 - 12:01pm

Climate summit in turmoil over Danish proposal

countries- including India- and then taken back after the meeting, a highly unusual move. Despite all this, ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 9 2009 - 12:32am

What's new at COP15 in Copenhagen

issue experts on the ground, who are all equipped with a deep understanding of the issues that are being ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 11 2009 - 9:16pm

Why Danes are keeping political statement secret

ground" and take a "historic step that we can all be proud of". Most of the officials are still ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 17 2009 - 11:39am

Something rotten

calling upon all countries to announce voluntary internationally monitored cuts. They are jettisoning the ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 31 2009 - 9:06am

Asian Monkey Hair Warns Of Toxic Threats To Humans

ecological niche with humans may be one of the best animal sentinels we have," Engel said. "All of ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2010 - 7:49pm

New Evidence Casts Doubt On Bird-From-Dinosaur Theory

fossil specimen had feathers on all four limbs, somewhat resembling a bi-plane. Glide tests based on its ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 9 2010 - 6:27pm