In summer this year, the Arctic Ocean ice melt reached a record high level. Now, with the southern hemisphere summer approaching, scientists’ attention is focused on climate change effects on the Anta ...More

Environmental journalists are like doctors. Doctors run from patient to patient, harried, dealing with symptoms more than causes. They’re too busy dispensing pills to talk about holistic health. It’s ...More

The government and institutional action is needed for ensuring a clean and healthy environment which is a basic requirement for human well-being and economic growth, Vice President Hamid Ansari said o ...More

A volunteer flood conservation officer is being sought in the South East to help advise thousands of homes and businesses. The Environment Agency wants to recruit a volunteer with "extensive knowledg ...More

Accounting for around half of all infrastructure investment in the UK, the energy sector is crucial to all of our economy, supporting jobs and driving growth. In planning our future energy strategy, ...More

Environment and the idea of environmentalism - both face serious challenges in India today. The demands of a surging economy require natural resources to be used and exploited at an unprecedented rate ...More

Environment and the idea of environmentalism - both face serious challenges in India today. The demands of a surging economy require natural resources to be used and exploited at an unprecedented rate ...More

Coal is enjoying a renaissance, with the highest consumption of the fuel since the late 1960s. The unexpected development threatens to put climate change targets out of reach – and much of the reason ...More

Two of Britain's biggest power providers have shelved plans worth almost £2.5bn to construct five new "green" power stations, blaming lack of government support. Renewable energy campaigners said the ...More

BRUSSELS: Indebted euro strugglers Italy and Spain are missing Kyoto targets and must pay up for international emissions credits or undermine the bloc's climate leadership, the European Environment Ag ...More

THE United Nations climate chief has called on Australia to sign up to a new round of the greenhouse-gas-limiting Kyoto Protocol, saying it already has significant clean-energy policies in place. • E ...More

Peter Lilley, a climate change sceptic and oil company director, has been appointed to the House of Commons energy and climate change select committee. Lilley was one of only five MPs to vote against ...More

Michael Mann has announced a defamation lawsuit against the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National Review. Photograph: guardian.co.uk Michael Mann, a scientist at the centre of the "climat ...More

HYDERABAD, India, October 18, 2012 (ENS) – Delegates from 170 governments meeting in Hyderabad today adopted a new environmental strategy to address the unprecedented levels of biodiversity loss throu ...More

INDORE: You might have seen some insects invading earth in numerous Hollywood movies, now its time to get real. A giant dangerous snail is gradually invading Madhya Pradesh, threatening to consume pla ...More

A survey reveals that people think government efforts at spreading the word about global warming are inadequate The threat of climate change has galvanised the Indian government and industry into ac ...More

HYDERABAD: A day after PM Manmohan Singh kick-started the 'Hyderabad Pledge' by announcing $50 million for biodiversity conservation, the developed countries remained reluctant to commit money under t ...More

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd (HSBC) have joined hands to set up a modern environmental training institute in Alwar, Rajasthan, abo ...More

Hundreds of billions of pounds will need to be spent on preserving the world's biodiversity, if the destruction of habitats, species and natural resources is to be slowed, a new report for the United ...More

Even before the Eleventh Conference of Parties (CoP-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was inaugurated at Hyderabad, the battlelines were drawn in the two pre-inaugural press meetings ...More