An Indian green body today said that the floods in Chennai are an impact of climate change and the "unprecedented deluge" that the city has witnessed is a reminder of increasing frequency of such f

CHENNAI: As many as 84 private quarries have violated license conditions and indulged in illegal mining, asserted the report submitted by U Sagayam, the official who was tasked by Madras High Court

CHENNAI: Within a couple of hours of receipt of memorandum on the losses caused by heavy rains in Tamil Nadu from Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocated Rs

CHENNAI: The rain gods might have played spoilsport with cracker-bursting fun during this Diwali, but the consequence is one that should make every environment-conscious denizen of the city happy.

PUDUCHERRY: Stressing that the Territorial government was keen on protecting the environment, Electricity Minister T Thiagarajan said the government had taken efforts to tap renewable energy source

CHENNAI: A conference on Sustainable environment through Renewable Energy was conducted at the Accord Metropolitan Hotel on Tuesday.

Amid allegations of large scale mining of sand from the river bed under the pretext of desilting the Srivaikundam dam, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered Thoothukudi district to keep the ent

CHENNAI: Could the move by Hindustan Unilever to bring down mercury level in the factory site to 20mg/kg pose no threat to to the ecologically sensitive watershed in Kodaikanal?

CHENNAI: With water managers of an expanding Chennai struggling to meet the needs of a growing population, the State government has decided to tackle the issue with a futuristic perspective by lau

Fitting a solar panel module on the roof of a railway coach can yield more than 7,200 units of electricity every year.