Environment

BELEM: California Governor Gavin Newsom says his Democratic party is “back on its feet” after a string of election wins — and the way to make Americans care about global warming is to show how it affects their wallets.The 58-year-old leader of the Golden State spoke to AFP at the UN’s annual climate summit, held…

Olkiluoto island on the western coast of Finland used to be just an energy hub for the country bordering Russia. But with the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it became strategically important as Helsinki decided it could no longer rely on Russian energy.Up until then, the country had been receiving…

As the World Climate Conference, COP30, is underway in Belem, Brazil, the disastrous consequences of environmental crimes are visible across the Amazon. This highlights an oft-overlooked fact in the fight to combat a warming world: Tackling organized crime is also key to safeguarding the climate. In the Amazon, criminal groups like the Comando Vermelho (CV),…

Protests in Brazil amid Cop30 summit (AFP image) Belem, Nov 15, 2025 -Tens of thousands of people thronged the streets of the Amazonian city hosting COP30 talks on Saturday, dancing to thumping speakers in the first large-scale protest at a UN climate summit in years.Under a searing sun, Indigenous people and activists sang, chanted and…

Climate crisis leading to an education upheaval.Image: AI-generated (Representative) What happens to a country with one of the world’s largest youth populations when it falters on its promise to provide education, especially due to climate change? The very aspiration that once chronicled a bright future is now blistering under rising heat across parts of India….

NEW YORK: Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics — but how much is too much? The bar is low, according to a new study out Monday: less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for example.That threshold “is much smaller than we expected,” said…

Carbon dioxide is vital to all life on Earth. Without it, plants wouldn’t be able to grow and produce the oxygen we breathe. Yet an excess of CO2 is posing a real threat to the livability of the planet. As a greenhouse gas it traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere and CO2 levels have increased…

Noida: Smog continued to smother the city, and Noida’s AQI saw little change on Thursday at 408 (severe), against 409 the day prior. Greater Noida, meanwhile, saw some relief as AQI dropped to 380 (very poor) from Wednesday’s 420. However, in neighbouring Ghaziabad pollution levels rose slightly as AQI slipped to 430 from 422 the…

Experts sound red alert as Delhi air turns ‘life-threatening’ NEW DELHI: As capital wakes up each morning to skies the colour of ash and an AQI brushing the ‘severe’ zone, scientists, doctors, parents and protest groups warn that Delhi’s pollution crisis has now crossed into a life-threatening public health emergency. Despite stubble-burning contributing only a…

Delhi schools halt outdoor sports as SC and CAQM issue warnings over severe AQI levels NEW DELHI: The Directorate of Education (DoE) of the Delhi government has suspended all outdoor sports activities in schools as air quality continues to deteriorate. The order was issued after pollution levels rose sharply across the city, prompting health concerns…