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Dutch Electric Trains Become 100% Powered By Wind Energy

All Dutch electric trains are now powered by wind energy, the national railway company NS has said . “Since 1 January, 100% of our trains are running on wind energy,&rdq...

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New Species Of Gibbon Discovered In China

Scientists have discovered a new species of gibbon living in south-west China’s rainforests. Although scientists had been studying the primate for some time, new researc...

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Bird Species Vanish From UK Due To Climate Change And Habitat Loss

Climate change has already led to the vanishing of some bird species in parts of England, where intensively farmed land gives them no room to adapt to warming temperatures. Th...

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A Crack In The Antarctic Ice Shelf Just Grew By 11 Miles

This story has been updated. An enormous rift in one of Antarctica’s largest ice shelves grew dramatically over the past month, and a chunk nearly the size of Delaware c...

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Paris Mayor Unveils Plan ​To Restrict Traffic And Pedestrianise City Centre

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has unveiled plans to restrict traffic in the French capital and pedestrianise the city centre in an attempt to halve the number of private c...

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Beijing Creates Anti-Smog Police To Tackle Air Polluters

Beijing will create an environmental police force aimed at tackling deadly smog, after the Chinese capital spent the first week of 2017 mostly shrouded in a thick haze of poll...

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All That Glitters Is Not Green: Costa Rica's Renewables Conceal Dependence On Oil

Unless you’ve avoided social media for the last week, you probably know that last year, Costa Rica was able to produce 98% of its electricity without oil – a feat ...

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New Study Confirms NOAA Finding Of Faster Global Warming

 Once again, science is shown to work. The laborious process in which scientists check and recheck their work and subject their ideas to peer review has led to another ...

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Climate Change In 2016: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

This past year had so many stories involving human-caused climate change – it will be forever in our memories. Here is a summary of some of the high points, from my pers...

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Indian Firm Makes Carbon Capture Breakthrough

A breakthrough in the race to make useful products out of planet-heating CO2 emissions has been made in southern India. A plant at the industrial port of Tuticorin is capturin...

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POLITICS: REFUGE, REVERENCE, AND REFLECTION

From Sufis seeking solace in Kashmir to the tragic genius of Guru Dutt, and the controve...

July 7 2024

KALEIDOSCOPE: CELLULOID TO DIGITAL BY V.K. CHERIAN, BOOK REVIEW

Despite the cynical and sceptical times we live in, there are indeed many people who hon...

July 6 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: THE PERILS OF BLIND FAITH

Cults led by godmen erode rational discourse and exploit vulnerable populations. In time...

July 5 2024