Business Green: The Chinese government has reportedly pledged to increase its hydroelectric power capacity 50 per cent by 2015 as it continues to accelerate efforts to boost its low-carbon energy supplies. According to local reports, officials said they were aiming to increase hydropower capacity from 200 million kilowatts currently to 300 million kW by 2015 […]

Times of India: In the near future, Goa could avail of funds under the national agriculture innovation project to tide over instances of saline water entering agricultural land. The project, which is aimed at making farming more resilient to climate change, could also apply to the state as salinity in its seven major rivers is likely to increase due to a ris […]

Reuters: Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage. In a report by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), experts said Africa and Asia were likely to be hardest hit by unpredictable rainf […]

Independent (UK): Farmers in England are to be issued with licences to cull badgers under plans to halt the spread of tuberculosis in cattle herds, which will spark a storm of protest from animal lovers. Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary, will risk legal action -- and the wrath of generations of Wind in the Willow readers -- to give the go-ahead fo […]

Telegraph: Ornithologists have found that species including the turtle dove, willow warbler, tree pipit and redstart are struggling to find enough food in the weeks before they set off in the spring to fly to the UK. The scientists believe that years of poor rainfall in sub-Saharan Africa have reduced supplies of the seeds, fruits and insects which the birds […]

Grand Island Independent: The Nebraska State Fair is a lot of fun and a lot of food. Make that a lot of deep-fried food. Even the most health-conscious fair-goer is tempted by the many deep-fried food fancies offered at the fair. But that's all right with Robert Byrnes, owner of Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems. Robert Byrnes, owner of Nebraska Renewab […]