NEW DELHI: Delhi's action plan to curb air pollution is ready and will be presented to the cabinet in the coming week. The environment department has prepared a list of actions that will be taken imme ...More

New Delhi Expressing concern over the unprecedented smog over Delhi, the cabinet today instructed the Environment Secretary to explain its causes in the Capital. While briefing the media after the ...More

This winter, Delhi and other metropolitan cities are not the only places with smog worries. Data with the Central Pollution Control Board show a sudden rise in particulate matter - a primary cause for ...More

Delhi Cabinet takes help of NASA images to discover cause of the smog With the Capital facing constant haze and smog over the past many days, the Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday took help of pictures take ...More

Don’t dismiss the continuing smog as a mere weather phenomenon, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) warned in its latest report released on Tuesday. The CSE made light of the Delhi governmen ...More

The flipside of high economic growth is its impact on environment, rarely recognized in our country. As we pursue high growth at any cost, pollution levels in and around Indian cities is rising at an ...More

NEW DELHI: Delhi's air pollution has reached alarming levels. For proof, just look out of the window. The grey-white 'haze' that has been covering the city since October 28, say experts, is actually s ...More

NEW DELHI: The city experienced shallow fog for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as still air and high moisture levels arising from Cyclone Nilam resulted in low visibility conditions almost thr ...More

The industrial waste and effluents discharged by various industries in Greater Noida is causing havoc by polluting groundwater of the adjoining villages. The authorities have not done a little on the ...More

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) have joined hands to set up a modern environmental training institute in Alwar, Rajasthan, abo ...More

GUWAHATI, Oct 16 – Tea industry does not pose any threat to the environment. It does not generate much waste. A significant portion of its waste is being re-used in some way or the other. However, the ...More

Stockholm: Children with allergies when exposed to traffic related pollution may be particularly vulnerable to diminished lung function up to eight years of age, says a study. “Earlier studies have sh ...More

Air pollution in Jaipur has reached a critical level as a result of growing number of vehicles and resultant congestion. The air quality is affected by rising levels of particulate and nitrogen oxide ...More

SHILLONG, Oct 11: The inaugural event of this year’s autumn festival will focus on promoting eco tourism and sustainable environment in the State. The curtain raiser to the milestone event in the Sta ...More

LONDON: More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned ...More

The threat of environmental damage by coal-fired plants has triggered protests similar to those against the Kudankulam project While villagers in a part of coastal Tamil Nadu are protesting against a ...More

The ‘Solarcon India 2012’ offered appliances for every area of work…green energy for construction, farm operations, home appliances and sustaining critical facilities in the event of grid failures. S ...More

SHILLONG: Environmental degradation is a major factor in perpetuating poverty, particularly among the rural poor in the bio-rich northeastern region of the country, experts have pointed out. Experts ...More

SHILLONG: Environmental degradation is a major factor in perpetuating poverty, particularly among the rural poor in the bio-rich northeastern region of the country, experts have pointed out. Experts ...More

Coal handling operations at the Vasco Port have been found to be polluting the town, forcing the pollution control board authorities to issue a show cause notice to the port trust. In the notice to M ...More