In recent days, there has been much discussion about the decision of the ministry of environment and forests to impose go/no-go zones for coal mining to protect forested land from the depredations of ...More

In recent days, there has been much discussion about the decision of the ministry of environment and forests to impose go/no-go zones for coal mining to protect forested land from the depredations of ...More

In recent days, there has been much discussion about the decision of the ministry of environment and forests to impose go/no-go zones for coal mining to protect forested land from the depredations of ...More

BEIJING: Former US vice president Al Gore said Thursday China and the United States -- the world's biggest polluters -- should work on designing greener cities as part of their efforts to tackle cli ...More

BEIJING: Former US vice president Al Gore said Thursday China and the United States -- the world's biggest polluters -- should work on designing greener cities as part of their efforts to tackle clima ...More

LONDON:The 2012 London Olympics is being promoted as the "greenest" Olympic Games in history but a row has erupted after it emerged that thousands of VIPs will travel to events here during the sportin ...More

As many as 1,223 trees belonging to 41 species are all set to be razed for the road-widening project on Jayamahal Road and Bellary Road leading to Mekhri Circle. Although there have been massive ...More

Pune: The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) headed by ecologist Madhav Gadgil has decided to walk the untrodden path. In the summary report which raises environmental concerns in the Sindhudu ...More

WASHINGTON: A study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colo ...More

WASHINGTON: A study by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colo ...More

Patiala, December 11 Continuing their drive against the industrial units creating pollution, the teams of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) raided M/s Luxmi Overseas Ltd, Fatehgarh Sahib, and ...More

CHENNAI: The rapid growth in the number of automobiles in the city has turned the focus on the need for the authorities to take stringent measures to contain air and noise pollution. The number of mo ...More

In a major crackdown, teams of Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) conducted surprise raids at 15 industrial units of Majha and Doaba region of the state. During the raids, some of the industrial un ...More

With Transport Minister K.N.Nehru recently announcing that a deadline would soon be set for all autorickshaws and taxis in the city to switchover to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), the issue of ambient ...More

With many private and most commercial vehicles staying off the roads for the Commonwealth Games, Delhi has reported a steep fall in pollution levels in the last two weeks. As per the Central Polluti ...More

Mining companies wanting to invest in mineral rich Jharkhand suffered a debacle after Ministry of Forest and Environment decided to raise red flag on Tori-Shivpur railway link crossing through d ...More

Patiala, October 2 Giving momentum to its surprise checking campaign, two teams of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) raided six large industrial units in Dera Bassi. After receiving complai ...More

Aircraft flying above North America and Europe are emitting pollutants that are poisoning the air in India and China, and resulting in deaths of thousands of people in these Asian nations, a new study ...More

The rivers passing through Punjab will be free of pollution by next year, said Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in the Assembly on Thursday. The issue came up during a discussion on pollution ...More

While technology cannot provide a solution to all developmental challenges, it certainly can make a contribution – and does so in rather unanticipated ways. For example, when cellphones began to b ...More