This is not the first time that Kerala has become an illegal garbage dump. Four years ago, waste paper imported by the Kottayam-based Hindustan Newsprints Limited was found to contain quantities of urban waste More...

The joint award for the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, led by Indian environmental scientist R K Pachauri, and former US vice-president Al Gore puts the issue of global warming on the international radar More...

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) have, quite literally, lit up the lives of both consumers and the overburdened power authorities in rural Haryana More...

After years of controversy over a plan to save Gujarat’s Gir lions, Indian wildlife authorities devise a conservation
strategy that won't require Gujarat to release any of its lions to another sanctuary More...

Delegates from 191 nations agreed to stop production and use of harmful HCFCs a decade ahead of previously agreed deadlines More...

Besides interfering with the migration and nesting habits of the famous Olive Ridley turtle, the proposed canal will have a significant impact on some of the most important marine biodiversity areas of mainland India, say environmentalists More...

More than a year after it docked at Alang, the fate of the liner Blue Lady still hangs in the balance despite a recent Supreme Court order allowing it to be scrapped. Activists are challenging the judgment that, they say, has shown “a disregard for international law and even India’s own laws” while defending the interests of the shipbreaking industry More...

A report on the world’s most polluted areas, by the Blacksmith Institute, says that pollution in two of India’s biggest money-spinning sites poses a serious health hazard to thousands of people living and working in these areas More...

The state government has set up special squads to carry out regular inspections of shops and other outlets that offer customers plastic bags and food containers, in order to ensure that the ban is not flouted More...

Industrial nations agreed at the recent UN climate change conference to consider stiff goals for cutting greenhouse gases by the year 2020, paving the way for a new pact to fight global warming after the expiry of the Kyoto Protocol. The agreement was reached after a last-minute row on the extent of emission cut ranges More...

In a bid to enlist the cooperation of the local population in saving the endangered Asiatic lion, the Gujarat government has initiated a reward scheme for information on poachers and poaching activities in the Gir wildlife sanctuary More...

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