PARIS: Yvo de Boer, it could be argued, holds the fate of the planet in his hands. The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- ...More

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama may be pressuring Congress as no U.S. president has for decades as he aims to get two big domestic goals passed this year -- reforming health care and fighting global warming. ...More

WASHINGTON: A new study has suggested that rapid, massive volcanic eruptions can change the climate enough to cause a mass extinction. An international team, led by Curtin University, has has show ...More

NEW DELHI: Industrialized countries are nowhere near meeting their legal obligations to combat climate change and are trying to muddy the waters by saying the global problem cannot be tackled unless d ...More

Various eminent personalities of environmental community had emphasised on the need of sensitising people for curbing increasing level of pollution across the country. A two-day seminar “Environmental ...More

BANGALORE: Rapid urbanisation is the reason for the drastic climate change that Bangalore has been experiencing over the last few years, according to Ramachandra, professor with the Indian Institute o ...More

XCARET, Mexico: President Felipe Calderon promised Friday to dramatically reduce Mexico's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as activists slammed the government for inconsistent energy policies. " ...More

WASHINGTON: Barack Obama may be pressuring Congress as no U.S. president has for decades as he aims to get two big domestic goals passed this year -- reforming health care and fighting global warming. ...More

PARIS: Yvo de Boer, it could be argued, holds the fate of the planet in his hands. The United Nation's climate majordomo -- tasked with herding 192 nations toward a do-or-die deal by year's end -- ...More

NEW DELHI: Industrialized countries are nowhere near meeting their legal obligations to combat climate change and are trying to muddy the waters by saying the global problem cannot be tackled unless d ...More

XCARET, Mexico: President Felipe Calderon promised Friday to dramatically reduce Mexico's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as activists slammed the government for inconsistent energy policies. "Mexi ...More

WASHINGTON: A new study has suggested that rapid, massive volcanic eruptions can change the climate enough to cause a mass extinction. An international team, led by Curtin University, has has show ...More

CHENNAI: Youngsters were the focus of World Environment Day celebrations in the city. With the theme for this year, Your planet needs you unite to combat climate change', various organisations pitched ...More

HYDERABAD: Contributing its mite for creating sustainable and healthier environment for future, Nandan Biomatrix Ltd., a company working to promote bio-fuels has launched an eco-initiative ‘Parivartan ...More

HYDERABAD: Governor N.D. Tiwari on Friday called upon the AP branch of Indian Red Cross Society to effectively spread awareness among people and undertake immediate measures to prevent the ill-effects ...More

Belgaum: Deputy Commissioner J. Ravishankar on Friday appealed to the people to join hands to face the threat from climate change and strive to protect the environment by reducing pollution levels. ...More

CHENNAI: Countries around the world should take immediate steps to bring down the level of carbon content in the atmosphere to check climate change, said eminent agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan ...More

Bangalore: Bangalore University celebrated World Environment Day by committing to plant no less than one lakh saplings by the end of the year. Under what is being called the “Laksha vriksha ee varsha” ...More

BANGALORE: Rapid urbanisation is the reason for the drastic climate change that Bangalore has been experiencing over the last few years, according to Ramachandra, professor with the Indian Institute o ...More

Karnal, June 5 The need to fight climate change on planet Earth due to global warning was underlined at a seminar held here to mark World Environment Day. Renowned scientist Dr Raghunandan of the ...More