A controversial dam project by India on a common river with Bangladesh is threatening to cloud a visit by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to New Delhi Following are some questions and answers about the controversy over the Tipaimukh dam that India expects will help tackle floods and also produce hydel electricity. Hasina will discuss the issue with her Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. What is [...]

In Europe and the United States, signs of the long-discussed “nuclear renaissance” are increasingly positive. But it’s in China (which now has 21 out of the 53 reactors under construction around the world) that the initial boom is occurring. Increasing mentions of nuclear power in the mass media, often with a generally positive slant, are [...]

EDMONTON – An admission by Premier Ed Stelmach that he had not seen recent photos of dying ducks at a Syncrude tailings pond has ruffled the feathers of Greenpeace. The environmental group on Wednesday presented Stelmach’s spokesman, Jerry Bellikka, with two enlarged photos of tar-covered ducks, hoping the premier would take a look at the [...]

French Greenpeace activists blocked a train carrying some 650 metric tons of radioactive waste in protest against the export of nuclear waste to Russia, the Greenpeace Russia website said. A shipment of depleted uranium hexafluoride was due to be loaded onto the Captain Kuroptev in the port of Le Havre and sent to St. Petersburg. [...]

One of the favourite tactics of global warmists is to set up “straw man” arguments and knock them down. For example, they’ll say the growing number of people skeptical about claims of imminent, catastrophic, man-made global warming — including many scientists — are insanely claiming all climate science is a hoax. That might be a [...]

Water is a renewable but finite resource. The hydrological cycle- the succession of stages through which water passes from the atmosphere to the earth and returns to the atmosphere ensures there is enough amount of water on the earth. However, with population growth and ever increasing demand for the same amount of water, pressures are [...]

The German Travel Association said that a growing number of tour operators are engaged in CSR in their businesses. A good example was Studiosus, which offers “study trip” holiday packages ….

The country offered safaris, adventure, cultural and beach holidays, as well as ecotourism. Countries do not always benefit. It is not a coincidence that sub-Saharan Africa’s most developed country also happens to be the leading tourist …