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Adapting to Climate Change: Salt-Tolerant Biofuel Crops Could Turn Saline Soil Back Into Cultivable Land

3:18 pm in agriculture, farming, global climate change, global warming effects, india, pakistan, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

salt-tolerant plants photo Image: IRRI Images As salinization impacts agriculture around the world—another effect of climate change that will hit Read the full story on TreeHugger

As Pakistan Powers Down, Protests Mount: Climate Change A Root Cause

10:27 pm in Business & Politics, electricity electronics, government policy, pakistan, usa, water resources by TreeHugger

solar powered streetlights photo "Solar powered street lights - Gwadar - Alternate energy services" Image credit:Flickr, wetlandsofpakistan After Pakistan's extensive hydroelectric power resources dried up in 2008, Australian coal was marketed to satisfy the growing power consumption of a burgeoning population. Think it's a stretc...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Indian Vultures Show Some Signs Of Recovery Since Veterinary Painkiller Ban

10:50 am in birds, endangered species, india, nepal, pakistan, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

indian vulture photo photo: Lip Kee/Creative Commons Some good news on the critically endangered Indian vulture: New research published in PLoS One documents how since India, Nepal, and Pakistan banned the veterinary painkiller that directly led to the vultures' near demise, the rate of the bi...Read the full story on TreeHugger