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Vedanta ruining lives in Orissa, alleges new Amnesty report

A new report from Amnesty International supports the growing resistance to Vedanta’s refinery and mining activities in Orissa’s Lanjigarh district More...

Credibility issues dog UN climate change body

After the melting glaciers fiasco, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is now being challenged on its claim about the disappearing Amazonian forests More...

Celebrating World Wetlands Day

‘Caring for wetlands: an answer to climate change’ was the message for World Wetlands Day this year. It marked the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) in Ramsar, Iran, on February 2, 1971 More...

UN rapporteur critical of health and safety standards in hazardous waste disposal

Indian shipbreaking yards have poor safety standards for workers and the country has not made enough progress in managing its toxic waste safely, said a UN special rapporteur More...

Only 8 Indian cities treat 50% of their sewage

Seventy per cent of municipal sewage and effluents from over 900 cities and towns is being discharged untreated into rivers that are a major source of drinking water, according to a recent study by the Central Pollution Control Board More...

‘Very alarming’ levels of pollution in 10 industrial clusters: report

A study of 88 major industrial hubs in the country finds that almost all of them are heavily polluted, with 10 needing urgent attention More...

Higher global warming alert

A new study suggests that increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to a steeper rise in global average temperatures than has been previously believed More...

Tribal village first to get right to manage its forest resources

As climate change negotiators try and figure out how to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, a tribal hamlet in Maharashtra has shown the way More...

COP15 hears that GHG emissions are higher than reported

The UN climate change conference in Copenhagen heard from US scientists that the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is more than that suggested by official data, and that this could be because of under-reporting in the carbon exchange programme More...

 

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