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
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