The world’s oceans are littered with trillions of pieces of plastic — bottles, bags, toys, fishing nets and more, mostly in tiny particles — and now this seaborne junk is making its way into the Arcti ...More

Nagpur: Activist Ankita Shah has again knocked the doors of Prime Minister Office (PMO) after not getting any intimation regarding her complaint on air pollution from three new units of Koradi Thermal ...More

Satellite data have revealed that almost half of India’s protected areas reported incidents of fire between 2006 and 2015. Maharashtra stands fourth when it comes to the number of locations that repor ...More

Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre at Airoli offers nature interpreters, boardwalk, local artefacts A first-of-its-kind Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Centre for biodiversity conservation and se ...More

New Delhi: India’s proposed coal-fired power plants—both under-construction ones and those on the drawing board—run the risk of either becoming stranded assets or jeopardising the country’s climate ch ...More

The government today told the National Green Tribunal that there was a “misconception” that only diesel pollutes the environment. “NGT has concluded that diesel vehicles are more polluting than petrol ...More

Emissions from coal-fuelled power plants may hinder meeting the targets and possibly jeopardise the ambitious goal of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius of pre-industrial levels. India’ ...More

Mumbai: The state government is likely to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Swedish government with an aim to manage waste in Maharashtra and to decrease the effect of global warming. ...More

Sydney: The world needs to do more to protect the Antarctic wilderness and its wildlife, scientists warned Tuesday, as they marked World Penguin Day. The flightless seabirds — a favourite with childr ...More

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION was at the heart of a meeting between the Maharashtra state and Swedish Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change Eva Svedling on Tuesday. Efficient waste management sys ...More

Since Karnataka emerged as the ‘tiger capital’ of the country, the forests of the state have become popular targets for poachers. Even the National Tiger Conservatory Authority (NTCA) had issued ale ...More

The Arctic’s quickening thaw is melting the permafrost under buildings and roads from Siberia to Alaska, raising world sea levels and disrupting temperature patterns further south, an international st ...More

BENGALURU: The recent rap from the National Green Tribunal (NGT), directing civic agencies in Bengaluru to clean up Bellandur Lake within a month, seems to have had some effect. Following directions f ...More

Various events, seminars and workshops were organised to commemorate International Earth Day. The Regional Museum of Natural History, Bhopal organised a Poster Making Competition on the occasion of In ...More

The current year’s Earth Day topic is about natural and atmosphere education. That is precisely what Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concentrates on — i ...More

New Delhi: This 47th EARTH DAY lets come together and start an initiative to protect our Earth from the adverse effects of environment. To educate and aware the people round the world to take steps to ...More

PATNA: The Environmental Science department of A N College-Patna organised several activities to mark the World Earth Day. Students enacted a drama on the theme of the celebrations, 'Save birds, sa ...More

Apple and Google have released press statements describing how the two companies are celebrating Earth Day 2017. Apple has rolled out a series of videos featuring interviews from employees who talk ab ...More

New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Eat less meat, opt for carpooling, and unplug unused electronic devices — do your bit and make a huge difference to saving Earth, suggests Google’s Earth Day Doodle on Satur ...More

The country's farm sector has the wherewithal to sustain the vagaries of climate change and increase farm production, if water conservation is taken seriously, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ...More