LOS ANGELES: At least two people are dead and thousands have been ordered to flee a rapidly spreading fire in California, with the region’s oppressive heatwave expected to peak on Tuesday. Several buildings were destroyed as the Fairview fire erupted southeast of Los Angeles, racing to consume 2,400 acres (1,000 hectares) in less than 24 […]
NEW DELHI: India is home to 18 of the 20 cities with the most severe increase in fine particle pollutants (PM2.5) from 2010 to 2019, according to a comprehensive and detailed analysis of air pollution and global health effects for over 7,000 cities released on Wednesday. The report published by the US-based research organisation Health […]
GENEVA: Poaching and the illegal trade in horns have fallen in recent years but remain grave threats for the rhino’s survival, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Monday. The Switzerland-based body said 2,707 rhinos were poached in Africa between 2018 and 2021, of which 90 percent were killed in South Africa, mainly […]
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has imposed a penalty of Rs 3,500 crore on the West Bengal government for the huge gap in solid and liquid waste generation and treatment. The green panel said the state government does not appear to be prioritising setting up of sewage and solid waste management facilities though according […]
NEW DELHI: Over 99 per cent of India’s population is breathing air that exceeds the World Health Organisation‘s health-based guidelines with respect to PM2.5, a report by Greenpeace India said. According to the key findings in the report titled “Different Air Under One Sky”, the greatest proportion of people living in India are exposed to […]
NEW DELHI: A total of 64,471 cases were registered under environment related offences in the country during 2021 as compared to 61,767 cases in 2020, showing an increase of 4.4%, but nearly 84% of these cases pertained to offences under one law – Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act – that provides for different regulations […]
HONG KONG: An An, the world’s oldest male giant panda under human care, was euthanised on Thursday at age 35, the equivalent of 105 years for humans, said the Hong Kong theme park where he lived. An An’s health had showed steady signs of deterioration over the past few weeks, with his food intake declining, […]
CASTAIC: California wildfires erupted Wednesday in rural areas, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat wave that could last through Labor Day. The Route Fire in Castaic in northwestern Los Angeles County raged through about 4,625 acres (1,872 hectares) of hills containing scattered houses. Interstate 5, a major […]
NEW DELHI: Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the hills to disasters, resulting in a manifold increase in loss of property and human lives, experts say. Recently, flash floods obliterated a base camp site near the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, killing 15 pilgrims. […]
CALIFORNIA: A fast-moving bush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size on Saturday into one of California‘s largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses. The Oak Fire started on Friday afternoon southwest of the park near the town […]
