Nothing hurts him more than watching his beloved Sunderbans lose its mangrove cover.

The state government is set to introduce a policy that will encourage households and other buildings—institutional and commercial—to install rooftop solar plants and do their bit in reducing carbon

KOLKATA: Does the role of tobacco in causing cancer needs further scrutiny?

The city has always been polluted but the rate at which its level is increasing has turned menacing.

Strict emission standard but lenient enforcement is what marks the city's approach to pollution control.

Sudden showers in the afternoon may bring relief but it also increases the concentration of black carbon (BC) in the city.

The Kolkata bench of the national green tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed 70 Tarapith hotels to be shut as they were operating without proper permission of the state pollution control board (PCB).

If you are tired of servicing you water purifier at home and thinking of switching over to 20 litre packaged drinking water for once and all, it's time you give it a re-think.

Non-implementation of orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on protection of the Sundarbans is unconstitutional, the Eastern Zone bench headed by justice Pratap Kumar Ray observed on Wednesda

Alarmed by frequent incidents of rhino poaching in north Bengal, the West Bengal government has decided to adopt a two-pronged approach to deal with the menace.