Bhubaneswar, March 1: The Celsius charts would have anyone believe that April is here even though we are just stepping into March. With the mercury hovering around 37 degrees, the state capital has ...More

LONDON — Public concern about environmental issues hit a 20-year low last year, a poll showed, as worries about the aftermath of the global financial crisis overshadowed growing evidence of man-made c ...More

LONDON- Public concern about environmental issues hit a 20-year low last year, a poll showed, as worries about the aftermath of the global financial crisis overshadowed growing evidence of man-made cl ...More

If this year's Union budget is to go by, growth seems to be only thing on UPA government's mind with little care for environment and its protection. At least environmental activists thought so as they ...More

NEW DELHI: A sum of Rs 230,000 crore would be required to meet the targets under the National Action Place on Climate Change, the Economic Survey for 2012-13 has noted, adding that additional steps su ...More

WASHINGTON: As US oil and natural gasBSE -0.59 % production booms, the Obama administration's energy policy has been "fluid" by necessity to adapt to the huge economic opportunities and climate challe ...More

The UPA government may have rejected the findings of the R. K. Pachauri committee , which studied the controversial Sethusamudram project , but the panel head is resolute on each and every observation ...More

The Delhi government on Wednesday said five-star hotels were one of the major waste generators, indirectly contributing to climate change, both during construction and operation stages. It said the 30 ...More

BHUBANESWAR: Industrial houses in Odisha are yet to put in place foolproof safety systems to prevent disasters, experts at a national seminar titled "Industrial Disaster: A National Concern, Preventio ...More

When I got an invitation to attend the launch of PSLVC-20 in Sriharikota, I believed that a successful launch would boost India-France partnership, which had been fortified by French President Holland ...More

Sustainability has become the catch word for India in 2012 and the 12th Five Year Plan was also launched with a focus on environmental sustainability and inclusive growth. While the Economic Survey ...More

The decline of wild bees and other pollinators may be an even more alarming threat to crop yields than the loss of honeybees, a worldwide study suggests, revealing the irreplaceable contribution of wi ...More

It's been 114 days since Barack Obama promised on the night of his re-election to protect future generations from – in his words – "the destructive power of a warming planet". It's been 38 days since ...More

MUMBAI: About 153 species of birds in Asia are either critically endangered or face big or small threats to their existence, reveals a research statement by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). ...More

Warning that a carbon tax of $10 per tonne of greenhouse gas emissions could cause a GDP loss of more than $600 billion, the Economic Survey says the way forward for domestic environment financing mus ...More

Climate and agriculture specialists cast warnings about climate change, the future volatility of Nebraska weather and the need to plan for those changes. Nebraska is in the western cornbelt and in a ...More

KOCHI: GDP growth is closely linked to global warming and climate change, and scrapping the GDP-based growth model is the need of the hour, according to Anandi Sharan, historian of climate negotiation ...More

The National Capital of India, Delhi emerged as worst place in terms of key parameters of environment in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was star ...More

Ivet González interview with RICARDO BERRIZ, environmental educator HAVANA, Feb 27 2013 (IPS) - Each of Cuba’s 168 municipalities faces the challenge of designing its own strategic development whi ...More

Chicago was recently listed as a finalist in the Earth Hour City Challenge. According to the Earth Hour website, “The challenge invites cities to submit inspiring and credible urban development plans ...More