Singapore top carbon emitter in Asia-Pacific: WWF
Affluent Singapore had the largest carbon footprint per head in the Asia-Pacific in 2010, conservation group WWF said Monday.
Affluent Singapore had the largest carbon footprint per head in the Asia-Pacific in 2010, conservation group WWF said Monday.
Environment
Mar 5, 2012
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People's personalities can change considerably over time, say scientists, suggesting that leopards really can change their spots.
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2012
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Business from emerging markets will help India's flagship information technology sector counter slowing demand in Western nations, the country's technology minister said Tuesday.
Business
Feb 14, 2012
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The world can no longer afford to ignore the environmental cost of economic growth and must redefine the very concept of national wealth, a UN panel of heads of state and environment ministers said Monday.
Environment
Jan 30, 2012
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Americans typically spend $70 billion more in December than in the average of November and January (the months around December). In a recent National Science Foundation-sponsored interview, Joel Waldfogel, the Carlson School's ...
Economics & Business
Dec 23, 2011
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The gross domestic product of the United States -- that oft-cited measure of economic health -- has been ticking upward for the last two years.
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2011
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In its fourth quarterly report of 2011, the UCLA Anderson Forecast's outlook for the nation sees gross domestic product growth at a "below-trend rate" for the next five quarters.
Economics & Business
Dec 8, 2011
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Constructing buildings, power-plants and roads has driven a substantial increase in China's CO2 emission growth, according to a new study involving the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Environment
Oct 5, 2011
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The Swiss parliament's upper house on Wednesday approved plans to phase out the country's nuclear plants over the next two decades in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 28, 2011
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In its third quarterly report of 2011, the UCLA Anderson Forecast's outlook for the nation's economy is "far worse" than it was just three months ago.
Economics & Business
Sep 21, 2011
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