Who shrunk the energy bill?

The pursuit of green-collar jobs

In a world that attempts to move towards a low-carbon economy Efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change have created a new market, generating new opportunities, dubbed green jobs. According to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme, over the coming decades, millions of green jobs would be created in sectors such as energy, transport, construction, agriculture, forestry and industries Energy

Cold war winners

Too many people

...too few mammal species. Homo sapiens' success on Earth has a big price. IUCN's 2008 Red List of Threatened Species has 1,140 of the 5,487 mammal species --25 per cent--as threatened with extinction Major threats to mammal species

Grown on waste

Use of wastewater in urban agriculture is critical to farmers' income and food security but raises health risks In the face of growing water scarcity, use of wastewater in agriculture has become inevitable in urban areas of developing countries

Space crunch

Death at your doorstep

Money's worth?

Investments in the research and development (r&d) in India has grown from Rs 760.5 crore in 1980 to Rs 24,200 crore (as per 2008-2009 budget allocation). This is 0.8 per cent of the gdp

Out of turn

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Polar potential

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