AURANGABAD: City-based NGO, Prayas Youth Foundation, has decided to celebrate environment-friendly Diwali by planting saplings on the Goga baba Tekdi and shun firecrackers. Recently, the group adopt ...More

ALLAHABAD: Buoyed by the denizens' support towards the recent campaign against high-decibel firecrackers, anti-pollution activists in the city now plan to extend the campaign and persuade the public ...More

PATNA: The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) will monitor the noise and ambient air pollution level on Boring Road crossing this Diwali. Air pollution would be monitored from 6am on November ...More

India is among the 'extreme risk' countries where economic impacts of climate change will be most felt by 2025, according to a report. In its sixth annual Climate Change Vulnerability Index, risk ...More

KOLKATA: Although sky lanterns are being claimed by marketers as an "eco-friendly" alternative to crackers and fireworks this Diwali, experts say it not only poses grave risk to the environment but ca ...More

India is among the ‘extreme risk’ countries where economic impacts of climate change will be most felt by 2025, according to a report. In its sixth annual Climate Change Vulnerability Index, risk ...More

CHENNAI: The festival of lights might turn out be a celebration of smoke and noise this year too, as the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), police and corporation are yet to come up with conc ...More

NEW DELHI: There is a slight breather from the usually terrible air pollution scenario in Delhi. Even though we might be emitting as many or more pollutants this year, pollution levels in the next f ...More

Demand grows despite high price of Rs2k as they don't add to air pollution said: “We have sold more than 30 pieces of these electronic firecrackers in the last five days. Children are liking it as it ...More

PANAJI: Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, assigned to conduct an environment impact study (EIS) on Goa's mining, has found high air pollution in the state's five mining talukas. It also found tha ...More

Chennai: Sowcarpet, more than ot¬h¬er neighbourhoods in the city, continues to score alarming levels of air and noise pollution during Deepavali season. Based on the air and noise pollution levels r ...More

To retain the pristine ambience of the Shimla Water Catchment Wildlife Sanctuary, fuel-run cars transporting visitors are being replaced by battery-driven vehicles Till as recent as a week back, fue ...More

Today, our costing and pricing systems ignore the negative externalities that actions by human society impose on the environment and the state of our natural resources. We do not find the right market ...More

BANGALORE: If you want to be a green energy user, you can choose products that fit your requirements at a fair that hosts economically viable renewable energy generation products. WWF India has organi ...More

Its sprawling forest cover notwithstanding, Jharkhand has always breathed uneasy. Three years ago, an analysis of ambient air done by the Central Pollution Control Board had found the country’s maxi ...More

KOLKATA: Diwali is likely to push up toxicity in Kolkata's air to an unprecedented high early next month. According to projections by the state pollution control board (PCB) and green NGOs, the city c ...More

NEW DELHI: It's hard to imagine a Delhi with waterfalls. But scientists say there were once several water bodies and springs in the depressions and slopes of Tilpath Valley. Wedged between Sainik Far ...More

For centuries, optimists and pessimists have argued over the state of the world. Pessimists see a world where more people means less food, where rising demand for resources means depletion and war and ...More

In a decision aimed at protecting the flora and fauna, Himachal Pradesh government has banned vehicles in Shimla wildlife sanctuary. Government's decision to ban vehicles in the wildlife sanctuary ...More

PANAJI: A high-level committee of environmentalists have discovered discrepancies in the EIA (Environment Impact Assessment) and EC (Environmental Clearance) documents of mining leases in Goa and foun ...More