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The planet's health is essential to prevent infectious disease
The Zika virus, now detected in 42 countries, is only the latest in a series of diseases establishing a new normal for pandemics. Sars ravaged South China in 2003, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) shocked the Middle East in 2012, and Ebola devastated west Africa in 2014. We have seen avian Read More...
Climate policy a vote winner for most Australians in elections
Strong climate change policy is a vote-changing matter for a majority of Australians, a new poll shows, establishing the issue as an important battleground one week into the election campaign. According to the ReachTEL survey of 2400 people, conducted for a coalition of environmental groups, 64 per Read More...
Schools, offices in India to bank on solar energy to meet power demand
This could be the way forward for many institutions in the state. In a bid to tap the solar energy to meet its electricity requirements, the Kozhikode District Panchayat is gearing up for a `6.64 crore solar power project. The 10 mega watt project, to be implemented in collaboration with the Kerala Read More...
Nissan reuses EV batteries for home energy storage
Nissan has revealed a new home energy storage product created from recycled batteries sourced from the company’s electric vehicle offerings, according to recent reports. The move means that Nissan has now joined Tesla and Daimler (Mercedes) in the offering of home energy storage systems in Read More...
Morocco to host first solar farm in €400bn renewables network
Morocco has been chosen as the first location for a German-led, €400bn project to build a vast network of solar and windfarms across North Africa and the Middle East to provide 15% of Europe's electricity supply by 2050. The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII), a coalition of companies Read More...
$1 billion Apple sharing economy investment in Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing
Apple has invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, the car-hailing app that has a greater market share than U.S. rival Uber in China. Didi Chuxing provides more than 11 million rides a day and claims to have 87 percent of the Chinese market share. Apple CEO, Tim Cook, said that the move would help Read More...
Healthcare discounts discourage logging to save the rainforest in Indonesia
A charity in Indonesia provides healthcare discounts to villagers who refrain from logging the rainforest in Borneo. Illegal logging is hugely damaging to the local endangered wildlife, including 10 percent of the world’s orangutan Read More...
Making reusable shoes without glue; healthier for factory workers
In some Chinese shoe factories, winter is glue poisoning season. With the windows shut, benzene, and other toxic volatile chemicals in glue are more likely to make people sick. Even with adequate ventilation, spending too much time glueing shoes can lead to leukemia and other diseases over the Read More...
Prince Charles uses homeopathy in animals to cut antibiotic use
Prince Charles told an international gathering of scientists and government officials in London that he proposes to solve the growing crisis of antibiotic over-use in animals and humans with treating cows and sheep with homeopathy. “It was one of the reasons I converted my farming operation to Read More...
We're better thinkers when we're feeling awe.
More than 4.5 million people visited the Grand Canyon in 2013. In the same year, worldwide revenues for Cirque du Soleil were close to $850 million. Fireworks displays, first developed in seventh-century China, are now featured in celebrations throughout the world at tremendous public expense. Read More...