Environment

Climate change: Six energy companies write to United Nations for carbon pricing scheme

Six major energy companies have written to the United Nations asking for help in setting up a carbon pricing scheme to help tackle climate change.BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Total,...

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Public Education's Climate Change Learning Curve

There?s great hope that the next generation will be motivated to contain climate change and make the difficult decisions that today?s adults can?t agree on. But the reality is...

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Climate Change Blamed As Thousands Die In Indian Heat

For the wealthy of India, the annual heatwave before the monsoon is inconvenient, especially when water stored in black tanks on the roof becomes too hot to use for a shower. ...

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India's Deadly Heat Wave Could Be A Glimpse Of Things To Come

Indians are suffering from temperatures topping 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 Celsius) and nearing 122 F (50 C) in some states where amenities like air conditioning are rare. Mor...

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Most Glaciers In Mount Everest Area Will Disappear With Climate Change – Study

Most of the glaciers in the Mount Everest region will disappear or drastically retreat as temperatures increase with climate change over the next century, according to a group...

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Global Finance And Global Warming

NEW DELHI/LONDON ? Since 2008, when the global financial crisis nearly brought down the world economy, financial reform has been among the top items on policymakers? agendas. ...

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Here's Why Dolphins Continue to Die in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers say they've now firmly connected the high rates of dolphin deaths seen in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the 5-year-old Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which damaged ...

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Climate Change Might Mean Fewer Hurricanes — But They’ll Probably Be Stronger

VICE News is closely tracking global environmental change. Check out the Tipping Point blog here. Hollywood producers and pulp fiction scribes have depicted a variety of ways ...

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Part Of Antarctica Suddenly Started Melting At A Rate Of 14 Trillion Gal. A Year

Sometime in 2009, a long-stable, glacier-filled region in Antarctica suddenly began to melt. Fast. A team of scientists with the University of Bristol made the alarming observ...

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Climate Change: India Asks Developed Nations To Finalise Pre-2020 Action Plan

Ahead of the Climate change talks in Paris, Environment minister Prakash Javdekar today called on developed nations to formulate their pre-2020 action and roadmaps. Speaking a...

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FESTIVALS: WHEN CINEMA CREATES CHANGE

Inside the Impact Storytelling Masterclass at WIFF Mumbai 2025: At the Waterfront Indie ...

October 23 2025

RETROSCOPE: MIRACLE AND ‘THE CURSE’ OF JAI SANTOSHI MAA

Khalid Mohamed looks back at 1975, the year of Sholay and the miraculous success of Jai ...

October 22 2025

MOVIES: A GENTLE DOWNPOUR OF INDIE SUCCESS

Ritopriyo Saha’s short film Chhoti Baarish (Little Rain) is creating ripples acros...

October 19 2025