KOCHI: In 2012, when National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, Kochi, undertook a survey, Kochi stood at the 24th position ...More

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said air pollution in Delhi was a priority for the new government at the Centre and that there was a need for policy-making to go hand-in-hand with an assessment ...More

Half of the respondents recently surveyed by not-for-profit research institute The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) feel that the air quality in the Capital has worsened, and 40 per cent are of t ...More

NEW DELHI: Every nine of 10 Indians in eight cities felt that climate change was occurring, average temperatures had risen and rainfall levels had gone down over time, a study said. Moreover, arou ...More

Air pollution was 10 times acceptable levels during the peak of the Morwell coalmine fire in Victoria, but scientists were unable to measure it accurately at the time, an inquiry has heard. Staff fro ...More

LONDON: Britain has sounded a red alert over an invasion of dust all the way from the Sahara. The country's environmental agency Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has ask ...More

The Obama administration on Monday will unveil a plan to cut earth-warming pollution from power plants by 30 percent by 2020, setting in motion one of the most significant actions to address global wa ...More

CHENNAI: With the objective of raising awareness about the need to preserve the environment and prevent pollution, a cycle rally was organised by Project GreenHands of Isha Foundation, in association ...More

Almost 90 per cent Indians felt the quality of environment had immediate health implications, with a vast majority showing concerns about solid waste management, a survey conducted by The Energy and R ...More

Are you a frequent visitor to one of those hookah bars that have mushroomed in the city? Beware that those closed spaces have elevated levels of carbon monoxide and nicotine - diminishing the air qual ...More

New York, May 30 (IANS) Are you a frequent visitor to one of those hookah bars that have mushroomed in the city? Beware that those closed spaces have elevated levels of carbon monoxide and nicotine - ...More

RAIPUR: In an effort to find ways to reduce pollution caused by fly ash generated at thermal power stations in Chhattisgarh, Corporate Social Services India (CSRINDIA) is organizing a national confere ...More

NEW DELHI: The MET department today predicted bad air quality in the national capital for the next three days. System of Air quality Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), a constituent of Indian Institut ...More

Frequent hookah bar visitors, beware! Water-pipe smoking creates higher levels of indoor air pollution than cigarette smoking, scientists have warned. Smoking water-pipes, or hookahs, creates ...More

Ahead of the World Environment Day June 5, efforts have begun to promote cycling in the sprawling Aligarh Muslim University campus. Both students and faculty members see cycling as the best option to ...More

The High Power Committee on Air and Water Pollution, set up by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung earlier this month, has asked Secretaries of various Ministries as well as noted environmentalist Sunit ...More

BEIJING: In a move to reduce air pollution, China is set to discard six million high-polluting vehicles before the end of this year. The vehicles that do not meet exhaust emissions standards will ...More

JHARSUGUDA: Villagers living in Marakuta village near Action Ispat and Power Limited, a sponge iron manufacturing unit, have accused the plant management of resorting to large scale pollution. They s ...More

Environmentalist Paladuru Venkat Rao has appealed to students, youth, NGOs and employees to join hands to protect environment for a healthy life. Delivering a lecture on ‘Green Mission - Gardening’, ...More

The zoo has added 90 animals representing 36 different species in last couple of years including giraffe, cheetah, lions, marmosets and so on. As of now, we have 1,400 specimens from 160 different spe ...More