Environment

The UN reported on Friday that it has so far collected 25% of the funds required for the relief efforts needed in Turkey following the earthquake that claimed more than 55,000 lives. Donors have so far...

The European Union Parliament and EU states have agreed to almost double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc’s overall energy consumption by 2030. According to a statement from the Council of the EU, which...

A resolution asking for a top court to outline legal duties regarding climate change, an “unprecedented challenge of civilizational proportions,” is anticipated to be adopted by the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. The resolution, which has...

Australia’s largest polluters will be mandated to reduce carbon emissions following a climate deal that the government reached on Monday, ending “10 years of denial.” The agreement requires the 215 most polluting facilities in Australia, including...

Rescuers looked for nearly 50 people reported missing on Monday after a landslide in southern Ecuador that at least seven people died in was caused by months of torrential rain. In the village of Alausi, located...

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), in collaboration with Shakti Foundation and MetLife Foundation, has initiated the Muktir Shobujayon (Greening for Liberation) Project with the aim of transforming the abandoned land opposite the Jallad Khana Memorial into...

Blasts and fires have reportedly occurred in a number of Dhaka structures recently. The specialists believe that the methane gas buildup caused by a supply line leak was the cause of these incidents. A layer of...

At least 23 people have died as violent storms and at least one tornado ripped through the southern US state of Mississippi, tearing off roofs and flattening neighborhoods, officials and residents said Saturday. The state’s emergency...

As the state’s ongoing winter weather drama got even wilder, a tornado tore through a southern California community on Wednesday, ripping roofs off structures and tossing cars around. Montebello, a community near Los Angeles, was swept...

Probaho, a private sector-driven safe drinking water initiative, has taken on this challenge and started its journey in 2009 to support the government in mitigating the country’s water-related issues, especially in the arsenic-prone zones. As Probaho...