Over-reliance on hydroelectricity at the cost of solar power is high-risk and high-cost
All photos: KUNDA DIXITThe newly-elected Mayor of Kathmandu Balen Shah has called waste management of the city his top priority. Even before…
Photo: BIKRAM RAI/ NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVESNepal could lose Rs142 billion a year in wasted surplus energy if the Millennium Challenge Corporation…
The south face of Mt Gauri Shankar (7,134m) on the border between Nepal and China is bare rock, and shows how dramatically the snowline has…
Using electric rice cookers instead of LPG could save the country a whole lot of money
THEN AND NOW: The denuded slope above Namche Bazar in 1983, and the new pine forest.The sound of yak steps on cobble stone streets and their…