The Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has officially launched the “world’s longest river cruise” from the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The luxury voyage will last 51 days, travelling 3,200km via Dhaka in Bangladesh to Dibrugarh in Assam, crossing 27 river systems. The three-deck MV Ganga Vilas, with 18Continue Reading
Sheryl L Hendriks, professor1, Hugh Montgomery, professor of intensive care medicine2, Tim Benton, director of environment and society programme3, Ousmane Badiane, founder and executive chairperson4, Gonzalo Castro de la Mata, executive director5, Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg distinguished professor of global food policy and ethics6, Ramon R Guinto, chief planetary health scientist7Continue Reading
A significant portion of orangutan habitat in Indonesia lies within corporate concessions, but industrial tree companies, like pulp and paper, don’t have strong enough safeguards and commitment to protect the critically endangered apes, a new report says. According to the report by Aidenvironment, there are 6.22 million hectares (15.37 millionContinue Reading
PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana, Oct 14 (Reuters) – On Louisiana’s south coast, in a key port servicing the U.S. offshore oil industry, a huge shipyard sits idle and in tatters. Where parts of the nine-bay terminal’s roof once hung, only a tangle of twisted metal beams is now visible while aContinue Reading
Plans to build an industrial fishing port and a ship-breaking yard along the Wasini Channel off Kenya’s coast threaten the livelihoods of local communities who depend on fishing, seaweed farming, and ecotourism, residents say. Underwater drilling carried out as part of surveys for the proposed port last November damaged coralContinue Reading
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Minnesota’s state parks could shut down in July if the Walz Administration does not bow to demands by Senate Republicans to drop plans for new “clean cars” emission standards. Along with parks, much of the environmental arm of the state government would shut down over the impasse, which flared upContinue Reading
