Civil action
a civic group in Japan, which filed a lawsuit against the Takarazuka municipal government in Hyogo province, demanding that it suspend operation of a garbage incinerator, tentatively agreed to the
a civic group in Japan, which filed a lawsuit against the Takarazuka municipal government in Hyogo province, demanding that it suspend operation of a garbage incinerator, tentatively agreed to the
about 500 residents of Japan's Kawasaki town reached a settlement at the Tokyo High Court on four air pollution lawsuits against the government and a state-run expressway operator, thereby ending a
A novel project in Kerala tries to introduce a sanitation technology that promises a cleaner and healthier environment
J L Bhasin, chairperson and managing director CMD , UCIL, Jaduguda refutes allegations that the UCIL is dumping radioactive waste
A NGO asks the NHRC to prevent the dislocation of Van Gujjars of the Rajaji National Park by the Uttar Pradesh government
Scientists at the Max-Plank Institute in Mainz, Germany, have identified another culprit in ozone destruction. Removal of active nitrogen from the gas phase through aerosol-particle sedimentation
The state-run Chinese Petroleum Corporation of Taiwan said it would gradually phase out its premium gasoline and replace it with 98-octane unleaded gasoline in 2000 to help reduce
China invested heavily in environmental protection in 1998
Long-term exposure to atmospheric particles less than 10 microgrammes in diameter (PM10s) can increase chances of lung cancer in men, says a new study. David Abbey and his team from Loma Lind
a study carried out in Faridabad, south of Delhi, has revealed that the level of air and noise pollution is far in excess to the permissible limits. The study was undertaken by the Environment
The industry should stop hiding behind the petticoats of the government and factor in environmental concerns into its investment policies on a proactive basis
Panchakarma , an ayurvedic treatment, holds the key to Bhopal gas victims recovery
Fires ravage forests in many parts of northern India
Bamboo could be a potential source of green gasoline
japan's health and welfare ministry will publish the names of privately operated incinerator facilities that exceed legal cancer-inducing dioxin emission limits, said ministry sources. It has
Germany is going to promote installation of photovoltaic (PV) equipment on 100,000 roofs and facades throughout the country. In terms of budget and investment volume, this is the largest market
Supreme Court order dated 16/04/1999 in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 on vehicular pollution in Delhi.
While the Union government has finally permitted Tamil Nadu to export sandalwood, State monopoly of the trade is yet to be abolished
If the available food is distributed according to need, it would be sufficient to feed all the people of the world. Yet there are more than 828 million chronically undernourished poor people in
The invasion of exotics is as destructive in water as it is on land. These have rightly been described as "biotic oil spills'. A growing number of uninvited fish, molluscs, plants, plankton and