<p>Report filed by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) regarding violation of Noise Pollution Rules, 2000 by some of the restaurants, bars, pubs and cafes in Hauz Khas village. Events like live
The Environment and forests ministry has denied any move to relax or scrap the controversial Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification which barring exceptions, bans all construction activities on
For months, El Nino has brought crippling drought to much of Southeast Asia. First hit was Papua New Guinea. In Indonesia, the drought has compounded the economic crisis and made the haze generating
Most climbers scale Mount Everest because it is there. But a team of American climbers is planning to trek to the top of the world's highest peak to clear the waste which has piled up just below the
Three non-government organisations came together, in association with the United States Information Service, on Wednesday to launch a project for creating environmental awareness among residents of
Union minister for environment and forests Suresh P Prabhu on Wednesday suggested setting up an environment fund and contribution of 1 per cent of the cost of all industrial projects into it.
Union Environment and Forest Minister Suresh Prabhu said his department was working out a new National Environment Policy which would be announced within a few months. He also hinted at a drastic
The Greenpeace Meditarranean office launched its "Year of the Ocean" activities with an appeal to all peoples in the basin to sign an anti-pollution petition linked to the 1976 Barcelona Convention.
Aggrieved local residents and environmental action groups have begun to build up pressure on the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party Government against going ahead with its ambitious move to develop a
The controversial Mumbai Sewage Disposal Project (MSDP) received a clean chit from the World Bank (WB) on Thursday , when WB managing director (operations) Caio Koch-Weser announced that the bank
Many Chief Ministers had expressed problems with the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Act and the Forest Conservation Act, and the Union Government would sit with them and work out a solution to these
