Environment

The Climate Clock Is Ticking in the Himalayas

Ryan Jones / Resilience Apr 12, 2024 Melting Himalayan glaciers may just hold the key to climate action. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Rural Asian Women Are Transforming Their Lives With Solar Power

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Aug 4, 2017 In remote parts of India and Nepal, female entrepreneurs bring electricity to their villages. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Nepal’s First Female President

BLANK Nov 1, 2015 Bhandari’s pro-democracy campaigning is helping to end the oppressive legacies of a monarchy that lasted 240 years in the country she now heads. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Climate-Smart Villages Boost Nepali Farmers’ Harvests

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Oct 5, 2015 Nepali farmers are finding that environmentally friendly cultivation methods increase yields -- and also help them adapt to rising temperatures and increasingly erratic rainfall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Extreme Weather Puts Africa’s Food Security at Risk

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 16, 2015 A British government scientific panel says increasingly frequent heat waves, droughts and other extreme weather threaten more -- and more severe -- global food crises. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Nepal

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Aftershocks Hinder Rescue Efforts in Nepal as Quake Death Toll Passes 2,500

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 26, 2015 Officials expect the number of people killed and injured in Saturday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake to rise well above 2,500 and 5,000 respectively. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Discovery Plans Documentary About Mount Everest Avalanche

Staff / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 But is it too soon? The Discovery network is working on a documentary about the avalanche on Mount Everest on Friday in which 13 Sherpas were killed and three more are missing and presumed dead. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Everest Avalanche Death Toll Reaches 13

Staff / Truthdig Apr 20, 2014 Rescuers on Mount Everest found the body of a 13th Nepalese guide Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from the deadliest accident ever on the world's highest peak. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thank You, Peter Matthiessen, for Taking Me Along

T.L. Caswell / Truthdig Apr 10, 2014 I trekked with the writer, who died last week, only in a Walter Mitty dream, but his service as a guide was valuable. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Qatar an ‘Open Jail’ for Nepalese Laborers Working in Slave-Like Conditions

BLANK Sep 26, 2013 The Gulf state of Qatar is building sites for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament on the backs of thousands of Nepalese migrants working in appalling conditions. Dozens died this summer alone, many of them young men felled by heart failure.The Gulf state is building sites for the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament on the backs of thousands of Nepalese migrants. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Mao Than Thou: What the Hell Is Happening in Nepal?

Reese Erlich / Truthdig Sep 2, 2010 Nepal’s parliament will attempt to elect a prime minister, the sixth try in almost three months. The impasse reflects the deep antagonism between the Maoists, Leninists, Marxists and socialists who are all fighting for control.Nepal's dysfunctional politics reflects the deep antagonism between the Maoists, Leninists, Marxists and socialists who are all fighting for control. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )