The citizens of Coimbatore could well look forward to beautiful green parks filled with trees and cool climes. To achieve this, more trees will be planted in areas with severe air pollution. This is o ...More

Mining activities in Bhandara and Gondia districts in Maharashtra are adversely affecting the groundwater and poisoning the water supply with harmful chemicals. This is what a study published in th ...More

Chief secretary S Roy inaugurated a two-day workshop on “Snow and glaciers and the Himalayan River Systems” being organised by the State Centre on Climate Change of State Council for Science Technolog ...More

NEW DELHI: The government might have hurried with the air pollution monitoring action plan had it known that its officials were breathing possibly the most polluted air in the city. The Civil Lines ar ...More

Tuticorin: Tuticorin - the coastal town of industries and harbour - is always buzzing with activity. However, the growth has come at a price, with the city being rated as one of the most polluted citi ...More

By observing June 9 as Environment Sunday and urging the faithful to stay away from the “eco-sins” of water and air pollution, the Mar Thoma Church is treading a green path. Eco-justice and eco-cent ...More

China has unveiled details of its first pilot carbon-trading programme, which will begin next month in the southern city of Shenzhen. The trading scheme will cover 638 companies responsible for 38% o ...More

With no long-term planning and policy reforms, the country’s burgeoning waste management problem is set to become a health and environmental crisis In 2012, for the first time in its history, India ...More

HYDERABAD: A power plant proposed by Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd to generate 48 megawatt (MW) from garbage dumped at Jawaharnagar is in limbo with the AP Pollution Control Board (APPCB) rejecting the c ...More

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the governments and pollution control boards of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, ministry of environment and forest and the agriculture m ...More

Thiruvananthapuram: Contrary to claims, Kerala has one of the worst-preserved ecology among the Western Ghats states. Planning Commission’s Environment Performance Index has ranked the state 15 in a l ...More

Polluted skies and poor water management might not just be a sign of lackadaisical government anymore - it could also mean a smaller budget for the following year. In an attempt to incentivise effo ...More

During the 1950s when London was enveloped in pea-souper smogs, Los Angeles was struggling with a quite different air pollution problem. The London smogs were caused by coal smoke becoming trapped in ...More

The Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project (IMSWMP) undertaken by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) faces another hurdle. The Environment, Forest, Science and Technology ...More

WASHINGTON: Toxic waste sites in India with elevated levels of lead and chromium are causing disease, disability and even death, leading to loss of healthy years of life among people, according to a n ...More

New Delhi: The Planning Commission plans to link funding allocations to states to their environmental management, and is putting in place an index to gauge performance. “The Planning Commission is in ...More

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh topped Environmental Performance Index (EPI) during 2012 for adopting best green practises to maintain quality of air, water and forest cover. While the southern state re ...More

A survey released on Tuesday by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) assessing the public's attitude towards the environment showed that 80% respondents in Mumbai refused to segregate garbage. ...More

MUMBAI: Climate change is no longer an environmentalist's concern. Erratic weather, change in temperature, depletion of air quality and wind patterns seem to be weighing on Mumbaikars' minds too. A ...More

At the Clean Energy Ministerial hosted in New Delhi recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to double India’s renewable energy capacity by 2017. This target adds to India’s already significant ...More