Australia's controversial carbon emissions trading laws passed their first parliamentary hurdle on Thursday but the government still faces a near-impossible task to win approval for the scheme in the upper house Senate.
Toyota Motor Corp's Prius hybrid was Japan's best-selling car in May, a dealers' group said on Thursday, attesting to robust demand for low-emission cars helped by government incentives amid flagging auto sales.
New York: Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has said that Tata Motors would roll out an electric car in September this year.
Those evading pollution checks of their vehicles, mandatory every three months, had better watch out. They could find the registration of their vehicles cancelled, says transport minister Ajay Maken.
Canada said it was close to signing a voluntary pact with major automobile makers to cut emissions and made it clear it was rejecting calls to impose binding limits. A representative for the
Faced with too many crops and not enough oil, Asian governments are promoting biofuels as a way to cut costly fuel imports. Ethanol and biodiesel can be more expensive than the oil they replace but
Canada said it was close to signing a voluntary pact with major automobile makers to cut emissions and made it clear it was rejecting calls to impose binding limits. A representative for the
Cameco, the world's largest uranium producer, has told the Canadian nuclear regulator that its refinery might have leaked uranium, arsenic and fluorides into Lake Ontario. A section of the Port Hope, Ontario, plant of Cameco, the world's largest uranium producer. The plant at Port Hope, Ontario, across the lake from Rochester and down the shore from Toronto, first refined uranium for the Manhattan Project during World War II. It has been temporarily closed since July to remove contaminated soil.
The government yesterday formed a high-powered committee to set the fare of CNG-run passenger buses running in Dhaka and Chittagong as the bus operators refused to accept the fare fixed by a previously formed committee. After a series of meetings with different stakeholders, a sub- committee of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) had earlier proposed the fare for one-kilometre journey at Tk 0.98. The transport leaders, however, demanded fixing Tk 1.71 per kilometre, almost double the recommended fare.
Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday.
Most global industrial companies that emit a lot of greenhouse gases are not adequately detailing their climate strategies in U.S. financial filings, two studies by environmental and investment groups showed on Wednesday.
DTE tried hard to get updated data on the total sector-wise emissions in various Indian cities from the CPCB. Unfortunately, our efforts turned out to be futile as the CPCB pollution inventory is far
Composting plants will require environmental clearance from the Pollution Control Board because they too have discharge and emissions, according to Girija Vaidyanathan,Chairperson, Tamil Nadu
<p>MCD commissioner K.S. Mehra personally appeared in the Delhi high court on Thursday following the summons issued by it on the issue of the civic agency’s alleged failure in preventing sewer water entering the zoo area and contaminating its water body during monsoon.
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kalkaji Mandir Vikreta Sangathan-II & Ors Versus Piyush Joshi & Ors dated 28/10/2015 regarding sanitation and cleanliness of the Kalkaji
Countries from India and Indonesia to Russia are tightening their grip on natural resources as they limit exports to build up domestic industry in a trend that will spawn many challenges to World Trade Organization rules. Export barriers are tightening on commodities ranging from food and coal to iron ore and coveted rare earths that have critical roles in high-tech devices as countries harden
The Yamuna may be polluted beyond hope, but it is worshipped as a Goddess in Mathura. Almost every day, it dons a colourful garb made up of numerous sarees, offered by devotees from all over the
On Makar Sankranti every year, thousands take a dip in the Ganga along the ghats in the industrial city of Kanpur, unmindful of the polluted water. In addition to untreated sewage and industrial
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) refuses to learn from its experiences. Even a fortnight after Karnataka State Pollution Control Board's (KSPCB) report that mass death of fish in Ulsoor lake was due
"Doing nothing" to heal damaged and polluted underwater habitats could be more environmentally beneficial than intervening to restore or remediate them, according to top UK marine ecologists. Many
