Islamabad
The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) here on Thursday said the decision to use ethanol as fuel could result in severe food crisis and environmental hazards in the country.
Talking to ‘The News,’ PEW President Dr. Murtaza Mughal said that apart from energy, it takes 4-5 gallons of water to produce one gallon of ethanol. “Later water becomes toxic that results in an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases,” he said. Continue reading »
Ahmad Rafay Alam
The state of environmental regulation in Pakistan needs immediate attention. The World Bank published its strategic environment assessment of Pakistan in 2006. Its disclosures are startling. In Pakistan, environmental degradation is responsible for an estimated 45 million cases of respiratory diseases, 30,000 premature infant deaths and US$ 6bn in economic losses every year. The government of Pakistan, meanwhile, has disowned the report. The control over and stability of the environment are not thought of as important issues. This must change.
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Climate change is likely to disrupt food chains by favouring animals with short lifespan over often-bigger rivals that are worse at tolerating temperature swings, scientists said on Thursday.
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Levels of a powerful greenhouse gas are four times as high as previously thought, according to new measurements released on Thursday. New analytical techniques show that about 5,400 metric tons of nitrogen trifluoride are in the atmosphere, with amounts increasing by about 11 percent per year.
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It is time to again humanise the Pak-Chinese relationship. Pakistan’s friendship with its giant northern neighbour clearly deserves greater attention and must be approached with greater creativity and less sentimentality Continue reading »
Climate change could release unexpectedly huge stores of carbon dioxide from Arctic soils, which would in turn fuel a vicious circle of global warming, a new study warned Sunday.
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The work of Mr Kamal in tackling far greater challenges in a city twice the size of Lahore leaves me quite dazzled and hopeful that Pakistan can have productive and liveable urban centres in the not too distant future Continue reading »
By Anwar Syed
WE have all heard of environmental degradation. The ozone layer of the earth’s upper atmosphere is becoming thinner and there is the danger that one day it may develop a hole, which will admit radiation and other influences from the outer space hazardous to life on this planet. Continue reading »
Property prices on Lahore’s M M Alam Road are among the highest in Pakistan. Last year, the market price for land there was Rs80 million per kanal. With these prices, the only type of activity feasible on property there is some form of high-end or high-rise commercial. And that’s what you see. Continue reading »
Ahmad Rafay Alam
Developers in the UAE have announced plans to build Masdar City, the world’s first fully sustainable, zero-carbon, zero emission city. The city is part of the Masdar Initiative and is the first time sustainable development techniques will be applied at such a scale. But there is much more here than meets the eye Continue reading »