First, who is really angry with Greenpeace? Let’s see if we can find some answers. An Intelligence Bureau report was leaked last week. The report made headlines and accused the ominous foreign hand fo ...More

A two-day conference on marine conservation saw its participants pledging USD 1.8 billion towards the cause, even as President Barack Obama made a strong pitch to create the largest marine preserve ...More

New Delhi: In a statement that could have a bearing on global climate change negotiations, the government said on Tuesday that India’s net carbon emissions that harm the atmosphere will have to gr ...More

GUWAHATI, June 17 – In order to initiate students to the beauty and charm of nature and to bridge the gap between books and biodiversity, Eco Concept has launched a programme to take students on t ...More

KOZHIKODE: The biodiversity-rich Western Ghats have sprung yet another botanical surprise. A two-member team of researchers from the Calicut University has discovered a rare flowering plant species ...More

New Delhi, June 17: Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, has announced that the Ministry aims to make India desertification-neutra ...More

Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) officials have agreed in-principle to a bilateral carbon-trading climate change deal with Japan without a formal approval from the political leadership, putt ...More

US Secretary of State John Kerry today called for a global strategy to save the world's oceans, saying everyone had a "shared responsibility" to protect the seas covering 75 per cent of the planet. ...More

SYDNEY: Large concentrations of trash in the oceans, also known as "plastic soups", are as dangerous as climatic change, one of the experts in the field, Mike Moore said, Australian media reported. ...More

Going by our Intelligence Bureau (IB) and some of the voices in the government, anyone asking for the protection of the country’s forests, its rivers or its coasts is anti-national and destroying the ...More

(Don't) take a deep breath, brace yourself. The air we breathe is becoming more and more polluted and that too quite fast given the rising number of construction projects and vehicles on roads. The l ...More

It has been about three weeks since Narendra Modi’s government was sworn in, and the ministry of environment and forests has already begun to make news. Day one saw a welcome step forward, with the Mo ...More

New Delhi: Plans are underway to form a pair of state-owned joint ventures (JVs) that will oversee the construction of renewable energy projects, contributing to India’s energy security and reduci ...More

President Barack Obama said denying climate change is like arguing that the moon is made of cheese, as he issued a call for action on global warming to Saturday’s graduates of the University of Califo ...More

In his first janta durbar, Prakash Javadekar discussed illegal construction on the city's hills and the challenge of controlling environmental damage. Laying emphasis on wider participation of pe ...More

Dignitaries from 80 countries to gather for 2-day conference US secretary of state John Kerry launches an unprecedented global effort Monday to save the world’s oceans under siege from overfishing, ...More

NEW DELHI: India's plant and animal species, particularly in the global biodiversity hotspots of Himalayas, Western Ghats, Northeast and the Nicobar Islands, are under severe threat due to overexploit ...More

BONN: A new round of talks on climate change sputtered to a close on Sunday, placing the onus on a UN summit in September to boost momentum for a global pact by the end of 2015. Delegates reported ...More

SYDNEY: Australia is home to some of the most pristine environment on Earth, but two of its most high-profile protected areas face threats to their status as World Heritage Sites at a Unesco meeting s ...More

Rich in flora and fauna, the Segur plateau and the Moyar Valley are among the most fascinating parts of the Blue Mountains. However, not many are aware that among their inhabitants is the Indian Star ...More