Tree plantation vital to curb environmental pollution

MULTAN, Mar 11 (APP): Director General Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA), Asif Rauf Khan, said that tree-plantation was dire need of the hour to curb environmental pollution. DG PHA expressed these views during tree-plantation at Gulgasht road here on Saturday. He said that the authority […]

UN targets real-time tracking of greenhouse gases

Geneva, March 6 (AFP/APP): The United Nations announced on Monday that it had taken a step towards filling a key gap in the fight against climate change, with plans for standardised, real-time tracking of global greenhouse gases. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization has come up […]

EU announces $865 mn for ocean protection in 2023

Panama City, March 2 (AFP/APP): The European Union on Wednesday announced it would dedicate 816.5 million euros ($865 million) to ocean conservation in 2023. At the Our Ocean global conference in Panama, the EU confirmed its “strong commitment to protect, restore and take care of […]

Cow manure fuels French tractors

BeaumontoisenPérigord, France, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):A French farmer steps away from his barn and fills up a tractor with fuel made from the manure of his cows, an attempt to put their climate-damaging methane to good use. Anchored by a stone farmhouse, much has changed on […]

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