Air pollution kills 30,000 in Delhi every year

02-01-2016

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Air pollution is responsible for 10,000-30,000 deaths in Delhi annually and is the fifth largest cause of death in the country, states the ‘Body Burden 2015’ report released by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday.

The Great Green Wall of Africa

07-02-2015

Kyle Benjamin Schneps

In February 2011, an international summit in Bonn, Germany officially approved the building of a pan-African Great Green Wall (GGW) in support of the UN Convention to Com

Zambia-Zimbabwe dam on verge of collapsing: report

03-18-2014

China.org.cn

A hydroelectric dam bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe threatens the lives of 3.5 million people in the southern African region as it is on the verge of collapsing, local newspaper Zambia Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

4 percent of Chinese cities report clean air

03-24-2014

Zhu Ningzhu

BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Only three out of the 74 Chinese cities that were monitored for air quality last year reported clean air, while the large majority suffered various degrees of pollution, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.

Construction Begins on $7 Billion Power Africa Project

02-18-2014

Tam Harbert

This spring, construction is set to begin on the first projects coordinated through Power Africa, a multibillion-dollar Obama administration initiative that seeks to double access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa within five years, and in some cases accelerate reforms in the governments of th

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