Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the fourth operating unit of the Chashma Nuclear Power Plant in Mianwali district of the Punjab was inaugurated on Friday. The power plant will add 340 megawatts (MW) electricity to the national grid. This is Pakistan’s fifth …Continue reading
Pakistan Among 5 Countries That Account for 90% of Wastewater Irrigated Farms, Study Finds
Pakistan is among five countries that account for almost 90 percent of farmland across the globe irrigated by sewage water, a study shows. China, India, Iran and Mexico are the other four countries where major portion of clean water from rivers and …Continue reading
Politically Charged: Do You Know Where Your Batteries Come From?
People are excited about batteries, from electric cars to Tesla’s 129 megawatt-hour energy storage project in South Australia. But one important issue is often overlooked: the raw materials needed to build this technology – where they come from and their environmental cost. New …Continue reading
Disappearing Forests
Pakistan’s forests are no longer what they used to be. At the time of partition, the country’s forest cover stood at 33 percent. By 1990, Pakistan’s forest cover had declined to 3.3 percent. Fast forward another quarter of a century, to 2015, …Continue reading