PURI: Chairperson of National Green Tribunal Justice Swatanter Kumar on Sunday reviewed the implementation of directives issued on coastal zone management and pollution by the Tribunal. In response ...More

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has sought information from various government agencies on the condition of the trees and saplings planted in and around the City. The action com ...More

SINGAPORE: A smoky, 'unhealthy' haze has drifted over Singapore this week clouding the build-up to the city-state's glamour sporting spectacle - the Formula One night race. Singapore's National En ...More

Washington: A new study has recently associated the increased levels of obesity-related hormone leptin, among older adults, with the higher exposure to traffic related air pollution. Gregory A. Welle ...More

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday told the State government that it can reduce sound and air pollution to a large extent in commercial areas by ensuring round-the-clock uninterrupted power supply ...More

BANGALORE: The high court on Tuesday asked the state government to formulate an action plan to curb noise and air pollution in the city and implement it within a month. A division bench of Chief Jus ...More

In decades of public debate about global warming, one assumption has been accepted by virtually all factions - that tackling it would necessarily be costly. But a new report casts doubt on that idea, ...More

Who doesn't like to sit in air-conditioned rooms and travel in AC cars? But have you ever thought how much you contribute towards the depletion of ozone layer when you do so? According to experts, Chl ...More

SINGAPORE: Singapore's air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on Monday, the National Environment Agency said, as winds changed direction and brought in light smoke from forest fires in neighbouring I ...More

SINGAPORE: Singapore's air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on Monday, the National Environment Agency said, as winds changed direction and brought in light smoke from forest fires in neighbouring I ...More

SINGAPORE: Singapore's air pollution rose to unhealthy levels on Monday, the National Environment Agency said, as winds changed direction and brought in light smoke from forest fires in neighbouring I ...More

Children living in polluted cities have higher chances of developing brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes that raise the risk of diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, according to r ...More

Children living in cities are at an increased risk of developing brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease due to air pollution, scientists say. ...More

Washington: A new study has recently revealed that kids living in megacities are more prone to brain damage from air pollution. Researchers from University of Montana revealed that children living in ...More

The National Green Tribunal has expressed regret for not involving the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in finalising the national policy for controlling and preventing pollution resulting ...More

Prompted by what it describes as a “phenomenal decline in green cover” in the city, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to ...More

BEIJING: China is looking to impose a national cap on coal consumption and a ban on the import of low-quality coal with a new air pollution law, the draft version of which has been released, aimed at ...More

NEW DELHI: The protective ozone layer that started depleting heavily in the 1980's is on a recovery mode according to a new assessment by 300 scientists across the world released on Thursday. "Assessm ...More

A sharp increase in the number of motorcycles and cars in Delhi, mainly because of the purchasing capacity of the youth, has contributed to an increase in air pollution in the national capital, accord ...More

Erode: Dyeing units are known sources of pollution. Now, those producing charcoal in Tirupur district seem to have affected the lives of hundreds of farmers in the western belt of Tamil Nadu. Aggrieve ...More