From Chipko to click farms: how activism changed, and why agenda-driven campaigns threaten the real thing
Activism at its best has changed the world. At its worst, it has been used as cover, a means of steering public opinion, moving funds[…]
Banks start reviewing loan terms for farm and fishing clients as a very strong El Niño builds
Some of the world’s biggest lenders are quietly preparing for the weather. As a strong El Niño builds in the Pacific, banks from Spain to[…]
Why is Finland investigating Google over its €13 billion data centre plan?
Google’s biggest European investment is under scrutiny in Finland, where authorities have halted site work and police have now opened a criminal investigation into suspected[…]
Salesforce signs 500,000-credit deal for methane cuts from Indian rice farms
Salesforce has agreed to buy 500,000 carbon credits from Mitti Labs, an agricultural methane-reduction startup whose projects help smallholder farmers in India grow rice with[…]
Lancet Countdown: climate-linked heat deaths hit a record 710,000 in 2023 as health harms outpace the response
The world is not responding fast enough to the health damage caused by climate change, according to the latest Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate[…]
Surat student’s groundwater-prediction project wins vivo Ignite 2026; water, safety and assistive tech dominate the top 10
A Surat schoolboy’s machine-learning tool for estimating groundwater has won the fourth edition of vivo Ignite, the student innovation programme run by smartphone maker vivo[…]
WindBorne bags US Air Force contract worth $49 million for Weather Balloon Data
The US Air Force will buy data from WindBorne Systems’ fleet of autonomous weather balloons under a contract worth up to $49 million, the largest[…]
“You Cannot Drink Data”: Google’s $15 Billion Vizag AI Hub Faces Backlash Over Land, Water and Power
Campaign posters in Visakhapatnam show Google’s logo in handcuffs, and another warns that people “cannot drink data.” The images capture a growing backlash against the[…]
Nepal hit by another deadly flood: Landslide-dammed Budhi Gandaki bursts, sweeping away homes and bridges
Nepal’s mountains have delivered another flood. A landslide blocked the Budhi Gandaki River in Gorkha district on Sunday, and when the temporary barrier gave way,[…]
South Korea Unveils $747 Billion Green Plan to Cut Fossil Fuel Dependence, but the Grid Is the Hard Part
South Korea has put a price tag of up to one quadrillion won, about $747 billion, on its attempt to reduce its dependence on imported[…]
