NEW YORK: Rich countries are partly responsible for pollution from poor ones, including poisonous mining discharge, because they buy many of the raw materials and goods that produce the waste, environ ...More

GUWAHATI, Oct 20 – The Conversion of NH-37 to Four-Lane Demand Committee (Kaliabor to Bokakhat) has urged the Government and the National Highways Authority of India to rescind the decision to exempt ...More

A large cloud of dust particles looms over the Himalayas contributing to melting of glaciers and influencing the south west monsoon – India’s life line. The aerosol cloud was caused by air polluti ...More

A large cloud of dust particles looms over the Himalayas contributing to melting of glaciers and influencing the south west monsoon – India’s life line. The aerosol cloud was caused by air polluti ...More

JAIPUR: Fireworks in this Diwali is all set to become a little environment-savvy . From now, the fancy fireworks that used to create big noise and air pollution will be available in less noise and in ...More

BEIJING: Beijing rolled out new traffic control measures Monday, but they had little effect as the capital's roads remained clogged and grey smog shrouded the city. The new measures, which are les ...More

Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world with an altitude of 8,848 metres, is seen in this aerial view. (Reuters)Oslo, October 14: Higher levels of pollution in Asia may affect the formation of cl ...More

OSLO: Higher levels of pollution in Asia may affect the formation of clouds high in the Himalayas, perhaps disrupting monsoons and speeding a thawof glaciers, according to a study on Monday. The r ...More

WASHINGTON: A German scientist has warned that cleaning air in large cities suffering from pollution problems by limiting car and power-plant emissions may raise global temperatures instead of lowerin ...More

BEIJING - Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said. The city will temporarily reinstate measures it introduced ...More

BEIJING: A new traffic restriction went into effect in Beijing from Saturday, which is expected to help sustain the hard-won smooth traffic and good air quality during the Olympic Games. Under t ...More

NEW DELHI: Smog is back. The gains of the city going big on CNG last year were lost as pollution levels were back to the pre-CNG days. This year, as vehicle population went through the roof with the n ...More

WASHINGTON: Ships that travel on the world's oceans will have to clean up their emissions under new international air cleanliness regulations adopted on Thursday. The International Maritime Organi ...More

WASHINGTON: High levels of air pollution may increase the risk of appendicitis, finds a new study. The research has been presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Ga ...More

PTI NEW YORK: Painting a grim picture, a new study shows that even if greenhouse gas emissions are fixed at 2005 levels, irreversible warming will lead to biodiversity loss and substantial glacial ...More

IANS JERUSALEM: Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have found that heavy air pollution reduces rainfall, says the Jerusalem Post. The research team, led by Daniel Rosenfeld of t ...More

ERODE: Demanding the closure of a carbon manufacturing plant in their village for allegedly causing air pollution, around 200 people of Vadugapatty submitted a memorandum to District Collector Mahesan ...More

Bathinda, August 6 While residents of the town have ben facing problem of high-level of air pollution due to soot emission from Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant (GNDTP), the government is going ahead wit ...More

BEIJING: Beijing is ready to expand an already drastic pollution-cutting scheme by taking more cars off the roads and shutting more factories if air quality remains a problem during the Olympic Games, ...More

KYOTO: Kyoto, the city whose name is synonymous with the fight against global warming, is feeling the effects of climate change first-hand as the moss dries out in its celebrated gardens. The anci ...More