Tag Archives: Environment

• Trump administration shuts down NASA’s $10-million carbon monitoring program while CO2 levels soar 14 May 2018 | Jean-Pierre Chigne This post has no comments yet

  The Trump administration has killed NASA's Carbon Monitoring System, which was responsible for compiling data from satellite and aircraft measurements of worldwide CO2 and methane emissions. ...

• Kanpur leads WHO blacklist of cities with worst air pollution 2 May 2018 This post has no comments yet

  Fourteen Indian cities, led by the northern metropolis known for its leather and shoe industries, feature in the 15 cities with the dirtiest air in the WHO's global list. ...

• If China builds your dams, India won’t buy energy: PM Narendra Modi to tell KP Oli 7 April 2018 | Jyoti Malhotra This post has one comment

  One particular dam project, the $2.5-b Budhi Gandaki project, on a river by the same name in Nepal, is increasingly becoming the centrepiece of this tug-of-war between Delhi and Beijing. ...

• Air pollution reaches dangerous levels in Delhi 10 November 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has no comments yet

  Air pollution in the Indian capital has hit dangerous levels causing grave health concerns, with doctors declaring the situation a public health crisis. ...

• NASA satellite sees overheated tropical forests oozing with carbon dioxide 13 October 2017 | Doris Elin Salaza This post has no comments yet

  NASA's latest carbon dioxide-mapping satellite has detected a dramatic spike in the amount of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, the largest annual increase on Earth in at least 2,000 yea ...

• China says no forced relocations after UNESCO listing of Tibetan area 12 July 2017 | Ben Blanchard This post has 2 comments

  Tibtetan groups have argued the UNESCO designation would allow Chinese authorities to remove residents from the Hoh Xil area, and threaten its environment and nomadic culture. ...

• Iceberg four times the size of London breaks off from Antarctica ice shelf | Danny Boyle This post has no comments yet

  Researchers have been monitoring a huge crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, which had left a vast iceberg more than four times the size of London "hanging by a thread". ...

• Rights groups protest UNESCO heritage status decision in Tibetan area 8 July 2017 | Ben Blanchard and Cate Cadell This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan rights groups say the UNESCO designation will allow Chinese authorities to remove residents from the area Hoh Xil and threaten its environment and nomadic culture. ...

• China plans world’s biggest national park on Tibetan plateau 22 April 2017 | Stephen Chen This post has 5 comments

  The Tibetan plateau is home to cities, towns, and people, with native Tibetan population estimated at 7.8 million, a national park focused on conservation would limit economic activities. ...

• Dalai Lama in Tawang: The other mission of Tibetan spiritual leader in Arunachal 10 April 2017 | Manogya Loiwal This post has 4 comments

  The Dalai Lama considers preserving the Himalayan ecology a mission; he joined the forest department to distribute 110,000 saplings to his followers for planting, as Prasad. ...