The world’s population is growing at a startling rate. These figures show the number of people in each country on the globe• Get the dataHow many people live in each country in the world – and how is the world’s population growing? The best source on earth for the answer is the United Nations population [...]
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Project H’s home office has been gutted and reborn as a mobile exhibition and next week, Emily Pilloton begins her Design Revolution Road Show across the country in a vintage Airstream promoting design for so…
BP’s Tony Hayward tells World Economic Forum of ‘game changer’ technique to serve world’s energy needsA controversial method of extracting gas from shale rocks and coal seams pioneered in the US has been described by the head of BP as a “complete game changer” that would transform the future of energy in that country over [...]
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syrian officials addressing a rare public forum have revealed the full impact of a drought that ravaged the 2008 wheat crop and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in the east of the country.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China still faces a serious threat from pollution despite recent government efforts to clean up, the Cabinet said on Wednesday, adding the country would step up investment in environmentally friendly industries.
Widespread and ancient practice of eating dog meat increasingly distasteful for China’s growing affluent, pet-loving middle classChinese legal experts are proposing a ban on eating dogs and cats in a contentious move to end a culinary tradition dating back thousands of years.The recommendation will be submitted to higher authorities in April as part of a [...]
SHELTON, Conn., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — As the world narrows its focus on environmental concerns, interest in eco-friendly cars is broadening, according to a new international study by Survey Sampling International (SSI). SSI conducted an online study …
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — It’s time to start the countdown to a new boating and fishing season. And even with snow blanketing much of the country, sunny days and thawing temperatures are right around the corner. To encourage boating and …
MADRID (Reuters) – A small Spanish town voted on Tuesday to build a new dump for all the country’s high-level nuclear waste in the face of stiff opposition from the regional government and street protesters.
Master plan on irrigation expected to be presented to cabinet this monthThe Ugandan government is in the advanced stages of developing and promoting irrigation throughout the country in a bid to respond to droughts that have dented the country’s food security.For generations, Ugandan farmers have relied, and thrived, on rainfall to water the land, with [...]