China unveils first 'green' 5-year plan
The Chinese Premier, Mr Zhu Rongji, unveiled China's first "green" five-year plan for economic development on Monday stressing the need to clear choking air pollution, clean up rivers and lakes and
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Green California development sees success after long battle
Tom Gray and his partners have taken 8,000 hectares of former ranchlands in the verdant hills above Carmel and are transforming them into what even some hard-core environmentalists are hailing as in
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Quake damage was limited by preventive measures, Seattle says
The damage inflicted by the powerful earthquake that struck southwest of Seattle will cost more than $1 billion to repair, officials said, but they marvelled that the millions of dollars put earlier
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Toxic bloom hits Gippsland lakes
A toxic blue-green algal bloom is spreading across the Gippsland lakes (Australia), with signs being erected from Metung to Lakes Entrance warning against swimming and fishing. The bloom, so far
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Tough law in EU on tobacco nears passage
The European Union, whose 15 member nations make up one of the world's biggest tobacco markets, agreed on a law that will significantly enlarge health warnings on cigarette packs and make them more
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Animals set afire as France fears outbreak
Britain's outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease may have crossed the English Channel mounted today, as French officials announced that traces of the virus had been found in sheep on nine farms in five
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- Move to double protected forest area
The Forest department proposes to double its protected forest area from the present 6000 sq km and has sought the sanction of the Ministry of Environment and Forests to declare eight areas in the
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- WTO dissects Indian policy on April 8
The World Trade Organisation's review of India's trade policy has been fixed for April 8 and 9.
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- Indonesia has no money to fight forest fires
The financial turmoil enveloping Southeast Asia will severely limit Indonesia's ability to fight fires raging through part of the archipelago, the country's Environment Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja
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Britain poised to crack down over threat to king of beetles
The British stage beetle is set to join the elephant and rhinoceros in the pantheon of protected species, as ministers seek to thwart to lucrative international trade in the endangered
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German Greens want to extend "ecology" tax
Leading German Greens said on Sunday they wanted to keep controversial so-called "ecology" taxes in place after a 2003 cut-off date, despite the tax's unpopularity with their Social Democrat
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UK Blair's green credentials tarnished, MPs say
A committee of politicians accused Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday of failing to take the environment seriously just 24 hours before the British premier makes a key speech polishing his green
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World food production at risk from old farming methods: report
World food production is at risk from farming methods that have degraded soils, parched aquifers, polluted waters, and have caused the loss of animal and plant species, according to a report by the
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Uranium waste site provokes anger in New England town
A furor has been sweeping through Europe in recent weeks over fears that exposure to weapons made from depleted uranium metal may have put civilians and soldiers at risk of leukemia and other
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One per cent Indians infected with HIV
Govt : One out of every hundred persons is infected with HIV, admits the Union government, on the basis of recent country wide surveys. This indicates a serious spread of AIDS in this country. "The
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SC fiat, illiquidity slam Andhra shrimp plan
The pilot project for comprehensive development of shrimp culture by using remote sensing technology without endangering the fragile coastal ecosystem in Andhra Pradesh is in limbo. The project was
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The story so far ... Silicone breast implants
The Sydney law firm Cashman and Partners will continue to battle the implant manufacturer Dow Corning in the US Bankruptcy Court despite an in-principle agreement by Dow Corning to pay $66.5 million
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Company blasted over garbage dumping
A private firm hired to get rid of garbage generated in Chiang Mai's town municipality of Thailand has been accused by the Lampang governor of dumping trash in his province despite a ban on the
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Erosion threatens Bihpuria
People of South Bihpuria have urged the State Government once again to initiate necessary measures to save the area from the continuous erosion of Dujikrong river. The erosion and high floods washed
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20m lives at risk in BD
UN : As the two months old devastating flood started receding from most part of Bangladesh on Saturday the United Nations has warned that up to 20 million people will die of hunger and disease if