Six decades after first sailing alone from Japan to the United States, Kenichi Horie is due to become the oldest yachtsman to make a solo nonstop sailing across the Pacific.

Photo: Pixabay/Witizia  The United States has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by half within a decade in what is to be a massive task, yet given effective policies, scientists stress, it can be achieved. Writing in a study published in the journal Science, a team of researchers explains that […]

The global burden of disease stems from environment-related risks including animal-borne diseases such as COVID-19, climate change and exposure to pollution and toxic chemicals. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS By Joyce ChimbiNAIROBI, Jun 2 2022 (IPS) Barnabas Kamau’s home sits on a wetland in Rumuruti Laikipia County in the Rift Valley region […]

Mohammad Jalehar was a teenager in the 1990s when he heard warnings about looming food and water shortages in Singapore.

Photo: Pixabay/JanBaby Drones have plenty of uses in conservation work as they can be employed to keep an eye from the sky on loggers and poachers, help monitor threatened animal populations or clean up trash from the banks of waterways. In agriculture too drones can come in handy in a […]

More than one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, a record figure that the United Nations says highlights a “staggering” increase in the regional synthetic drug trade.

There is a lot of buzz around clean technology, distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and other technological innovations in the renewable energy and clean transport industries and how these developments can contribute to solving longstanding environmental justice issues. As these innovations develop, energy markets will undergo substantial changes to which […]

Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and more than 120 of its lawyers across the United States as leaders in their respective practice areas in the 2022 edition of its Chambers USA guide. This includes rankings for the firm in 36 practice categories, including 12 nationwide, and for […]

What people from war-torn Tigray told us about the state of their lives amid the war (The Conversation)  Jun 1, 2022 May 8, 2022 pfowlkes Wed, 06/01/2022 – 14:44 What people from war-torn Tigray told us about the state of their lives amid the war (The Conversation)  What people from […]