Ontario selling public land like 'garage clutter'
The province is selling off environmentally sensitive public lands as if they were "nothing more than garage clutter," says Ontario's chief environmental watchdog. The Ontario Realty Corp. has failed
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Centre not serious about Asian lion habitat
Slow release of funds by the Union government and paucity of field staff are the reason behind delay in Asiatic Lion Reintroduction project in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh. Due to fast decline
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Gujarat eye-opener to Bank
The World Bank agrees that common effluent treatment plants (CETP) have failed to solve the problems of industrial pollution. The admission comes two weeks after Greenpeace activists, supported by
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Brazil cocoa farmers find handfuls of "superbeans"
Brazilian cocoa farmers say they have discovered handfuls of high-fat "superbeans" growing within plantations riddled with the notorious witch's broom fungus which has ruined production in the last
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Bill planned to reduce greenhouse gases
The Liberal Democratic Party plans to submit a bill to the regular Diet session convening in January that would require businesses as well as individuals in Japan to recycle so-called greenhouse
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Chewing pan masala causes oral cancer
India will be heading for an epidemic of oral cancer unless there is a check on the consumption of pan masala, an expert at the Cancer Research Institute in Mumbai has
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No outbreak of cholera, says Walia
A survey of about 1,600 households by health department personnel at Bharthal village in Najafgarh zone has found no case of gastroenteritis or suspected cholera as
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Authority of EPA on emissions questioned
One of the most significant pollution control issues of recent years in U.S.-for industry groups and environmentalists alike-reached a critical stage yesterday, as the Supreme Court heard oral
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Bellandur villagers stage protest
"Our fields have been destroyed. Our water sources are contaminated. And yet we have not got justice from the Pollution Control Board(PCB)," said members of the Bellandur Lake Protection Committee
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US agency picks Gujarat for health project
Gujarat has been chosen by a US agency for an international public health project worth $1 million. The project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), aims at
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SC tells foundries to shfit out of Taj zone
Iron Foundries in Agra which had been identified as the main culprit causing harm to the historical monuments through environmental pollution by several expert committees, have finally been told by
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Distillery polluting irrigation water
Residents of several villages of the Hathin sub division in the district of Faridabad have become victims of pollution and foul smell emitted by a distillery located near Hathin town. It is reported
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French farmers combat mad cow scare
Seeking to calm consumers' concerns about mad cow disease, the main French farmers' union said Tuesday it would no longer sell meat from cows born before mid-1996, when the nation introduced strict
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MP no longer "forest state"
With the formation of the new Chhattisgarh state, Madhya Pradesh has ceased to be the "forest state" that it has hitherto been. Madhya Pradesh had 1,54,500 sq km of forests and the Chhattisgarh
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Mexico City warned on pollution
Mexico City marked its first year in a decade without a smog alert, although new studies warn that the relatively fresh air won't last.A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study released Monday
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Scheme launched to pay Noida residents for garbage collection
Noida Authority claims to have launched India's first scheme in which local residents will be given charge of by actually being handed official funds for primary sanitation and waste
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More rainfall for beleaguered Britain
Thousands of Britons forced out of their homes by the country's worst floods in 50 years were told that the chaos was unlikely to ease until next week. About 5,000 homes and business have been
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Attack on clean air act falters in high court
The most potent legal attack on the Clean AirAct in the statute's 30-year history, startlingly successful in a U.S. appeals court in Washington 18 months ago, floundered visibly at the Supreme Court
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Mafia controls 30 pct of Italian rubbish disposal
The Mafia controls about 30 percent of Italy's rubbish disposal companies, including toxic waste, according to a parliamentary study on illegal waste-trafficking issued yesterday. The report said the
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United Nations, World Bank approve environment grants
The United Nations and World Bank's Global Environment Facility (GEF) yesterday said it has approved $153.7 million in grants for 14 environmental projects ranging from assessing the impact of