In the unfolding debate over the deadly effects of the great torrent of Uttarakhand, the construction of dams in an earthquake-prone area of fragile, deforested mountain sides is hotly contested. And ...More

Cloudbursts in the western Himalayan region are now routine rather than an exception. There have been around a half a dozen cloud-bursts between June 15 and June 25 in the flash flood hit states of H ...More

Cloudbursts in the western Himalayan region are now routine rather than an exception. There have been around a half a dozen cloud-bursts between June 15 and June 25 in the flash flood hit states of H ...More

Kevin Rudd was sworn in as Australian prime minister for the second time on Thursday, a day after toppling Julia Gillard and three months ahead of elections in which opinion polls show the ruling Labo ...More

NEW DELHI: It's clear that the devastation caused by the flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand was at least in part due to environmental degradation of fragile mountain slopes and reckless commer ...More

would do a great disservice to the victims of the colossal human tragedy unfolding in Uttarakhand if we describe it as a “natural” disaster — as do most politicians, bureaucrats, and many in the media ...More

Zoology teacher R. Selvi remembers the 320-acre Periyakulam filled to the brim. She, along with her students from Kadri Mills School have spotted hundreds of pelicans, painted storks, coots and darter ...More

U.S. President Barack Obama has unveiled a comprehensive blueprint to combat rising seas and more frequent severe weather caused by climate change, including a long-awaited promise to regulate carbon ...More

SURAT: The Diamond City has started taking baby steps on the green path. It is moving towards becoming the first city in India to have a green building council (GBC) that would ensure that the new bui ...More

US president Barack Obama on Tuesday resurrected a long-dormant part of his political platform, announcing measures that would enforce carbon emission cuts on the US energy sector. The plan will ...More

THE performance of Indian cities across key indicators of quality of life, such as water supply, public transport, parks and open spaces, sewage treatment and solid waste management, does not meet eve ...More

GENEVA: The Pacific Ocean is unlikely to see either a warming El Nino climate phenomenon or its cooling La Nina opposite number through the end of the year, the UN's weather agency said today. The ...More

Over the sizzling north Indian plains this year, the summer rains arrived in mid-June, early by 13 days. They should not have. The respite quickly turned into a deadly rage, as flooding devastated the ...More

NEW DELHI: It's clear that the devastation caused by the flash floods and landslides in Uttarakhand was at least in part due to environmental degradation of fragile mountain slopes and reckless commer ...More

Washington: The World Bank plans to limit the financing it provides for coal-fired power plants to “rare circumstances” as part of the global financial body’s efforts to address the impact of climate ...More

New Delhi: Cautioning Uttarakhand disaster as a warning towards extreme weather, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) vice chairman M. Shashidhar Reddy said that detailed assessment of impact ...More

Magsaysay awardee Chandi Prasad Bhatt is a noted environmentalist and a pioneer of the tree-saving Chipko Andolan in Uttarakhand. Speaking with Swati Mathur, Bhatt discussed the build-up to the region ...More

The National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system had recommended creation of spiritual and ecological buffer zones around pilgrim places in the ecologically-sensitive region. It had sugge ...More

As global growth slows down, people look towards technology innovation to put it back on track. Over the last two centuries, technology innovation has provided the major impetus for economic growth, b ...More

The contentious draft National Water Framework Bill promising the right to water was uploaded on the Union Water Resources Ministry’s website on Monday seeking comments from the public. Several states ...More