Government proposes waste trading scheme
The UK Government has put a proposal to force local authorities to reduce their biodegradable waste going to landfill before parliament. The bill includes a proposal for a waste trading scheme,
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Stricter sentencing for environment crime
Environment. The kit offers guidance to magistrates to deliver effective sentences for environmental offences. Launching the toolkit, Michael Meacher, Minister for the Environment said that the new
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Drought victims not getting the promised aid
Residents of drought-hit localities in Gujrat, Kharian and Serai Alamgir Tehsils (Pakistan) say they are being denied the aid they have been promised by the government because of district
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UK carbon emissions prices slide on oversupply
Prices in the UK carbon emissions trading market slumped this week after rising steadily since its start over seven months ago, as more participants gained credits to sell, brokers said. The market
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Tanker wreck off Spain adds to toxic seabed horror
A tanker wreck off Spain has added a new environmental time-bomb to seabed horrors ranging from sunken nuclear submarines to Hitler's mustard gas that are too difficult or dangerous to salvage.
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Canada's top Kyoto minister admits he has two SUVs
So what does Canada's natural resources minister drive when he's not pushing ratification of the Kyoto climate change protocol? Minister Herb Dhaliwal confessed that, well, he has two Volvos and two
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Argentine court orders Shell to clean up spill - mayor
An Argentine court ruled that Royal Dutch Shell Group must pay an estimated $10 million to clean up damage from a 1999 oil spill, the mayor of the city which filed the suit said. The court ruled on
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Hunger: NHRC lashes out at Orissa govt.
Expressing displeasure over the noncompliance of its directives related to starvation deaths in the KBK district, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday asked the Orissa government
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Lava tunnel on Pune road to stay untouched
A unique geological formation on Senapati Bapat Road which had been threatened by road widening is likely to remain unaffected with the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), Maharashtra, and the Forest
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Asian cities come together, identify 17 areas of cooperation
The second session of the Asian Network of the Major Cities held in Delhi was about telling the world that Asia was as competent as any other continent in technology and need not look to the West
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Delhi chosen centre for studying climate change in continent
As many as 22 Asian countries have agreed that Delhi will have a centre which will study climate change and oppose Western propaganda blaming developing countries for these changes. The Indian
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Ajit: Drought in 2002 worst in recent times
Union agriculture minister Ajit Singh on Friday described this year's drought, as the worst in recent times and added that all drought-hit states would be given Central assistance. He, however,
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More insult to injury
The Supreme Court-appointed team restores defaced rocks in the Manali-Rohtang bypass region, officials of Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) are busy adding more coats of lime to the
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Not hungry enough to die
On Saturday afternoon, MP Chief Minister Digvijay Singh held a press conference to debunk reports of starvation deaths. He left open the possibility of deaths due to acute malnutrition and related
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Cyclone brewing in Bay of Bengal
Fishermen in West Bengal have been advised not to venture out into the sea on Monday as a cyclonic circulation over the west central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining south bay is likely to intensify
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'Poison flowing in Carbide water'
Finally, almost 19 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Madhya Pradesh government has admitted that groundwater was severely contaminated by chemicals and waste dumped in and around the Union
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Danger: dioxins in the air
Biomedical waste incinerators are a major source of environmental pollution since they cause toxic air emissions, especially dioxin and cadmium, according to a study by the California Air Recourse
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Bias in drought relief alleged
Former Minister and senior BJP leader Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi has alleged political discrimination by the Congress Government in Rajasthan in providing relief to the drought affected. The employment
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Drought 'yes' but no starvation death: Digvijay
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh denied reports of "starvation deaths" appearing in some newspapers but conceded that there could be " disease related deaths linked with
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Plastic menace dents business record
Corporate India and environmental concern seldom go together. Business is often the first to protest when any environmental issue comes to the fore. But with corporate social responsibility gaining