MUMBAI: At a time when many of India's infrastructural projects are caught in the throes of an environment versus development conundrum, a new report released by the World Bank estimates that environm ...More

PUNE: A group of volunteers from diverse professional fields, under the banner of the Deccan Gymkhana Parisar Samiti (DGPS), has punched holes in the civic body's report that claims that the proposed ...More

The air far too many people breathe across the world is depressingly unhealthy in too many places. Overall acute respiratory infections kill some 4.5 million adults and children each year across the g ...More

The Karnataka Pollution Control Board (KSPCB ) has ordered for closure of 118 polluting industries with in the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits in the year 2012-13. In a written reply ...More

A large number of industrial units in the city face closure as they are operating without the mandatory consent of National Green Tribunal. The Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) recentl ...More

While the purpose of such data monitoring is to set long-term goals such as manufacturing fuel-efficient jets in the future, city environmentalists said it could be handy in making small changes ver ...More

A recent survey conducted by US researchers has found out that every year over 2 billion people die worldwide because of air pollution. The study was published in the journal Environmental Research L ...More

Human-caused outdoor air pollution is directly responsible for over two million deaths globally - many of them in South and East Asia - each year, a new study has claimed. The study estimates that ...More

WASHINGTON: Human-caused outdoor air pollution may be responsible for over two million deaths worldwide - a large number of them in South Asia and East Asia - each year, US researchers have said. ...More

Air pollution has returned to haunt Delhiites and this time it appears to be more lethal than ever. Residents of the national Capital, who were breathing easy after the introduction of CNG and gr ...More

BEIJING (AP) — A new study links heavy air pollution from coal burning to shorter lives in northern China. Researchers estimate that the half-billion people alive there in the 1990s will live an ave ...More

NOIDA: Taking serious note of noise and air pollution in Noida, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday ordered industries to phase out old diesel-run generators that do not have proper acoustic enclo ...More

CHANDRAPUR: Chandrapur stands second among most polluted places in the country. The health survey carried out way back in 2005-06 over the effect of pollution has revealed that nearly 50% Chandrapuria ...More

London, July 10 (ANI): Air pollution is taking its toll on people with failing hearts by killing millions of people globally each year, a big international study conducted by an Indian-origin author h ...More

With its pounding construction sites and constant roar of traffic, Hong Kong is a cacophony of noise with experts and residents calling on authorities to keep a lid on the din for the sake of public h ...More

Southern Chinese on average have lived at least five years longer than their northern counterparts in recent decades because of the destructive health effects of pollution from the widespread use of c ...More

Energy security is a much discussed topic and is a vital element of energy policy as well as foreign policy. But it has not been defined precisely. This book starts with a working definition: ‘‘ener ...More

Environmentalist Sunita Narain, director-general of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), is a keen proponent of green and sustainable development across the country. Excerpts from an intervie ...More

Town planners in India need to provide more and more space for pedestrians and cyclists, in part to promote clean environment, experts say. "All these years we have been planning for vehicles - and s ...More

NEW DELHI: After several delays, Delhi's action plan to curb air pollution will finally be presented in the cabinet in the coming week. Environment department officials say they will monitor work on t ...More