On the suggestion of an official in Uttarakhand, the Union government has announced special awards for those aiding the conservation of the nation's biodiversity.

Eminent environmentalist Suresh Bhai of the Himalayi Paryavaran Shiksha Sansthan based at Matali in Uttarkashi says both state and Union governments are playing politics and doing nothing to clean

The fragile eco-system around the Gangotri glacier cluster in Uttarkashi district is feeling the effects of global warming.

The 2 MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) at Gyansu in Uttarkashi that was constructed in 2010 is lying non-functional and untreated sewage is still flowing into the Bhagirathi.

Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid, founder chairman of the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Eco System Services (IPBES), has expressed concern at the speedy degradation of biodivers

In a major relief for Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court has said the environment ministry was free to approve hydropower projects in the state, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi river basins.

Downtown Dehradun city lives between two rivers, Bindal and Rispana. The two rivers that are part and parcel of the city’s life are horribly polluted.

The Uttarakhand high court on Tuesday asked the state government to submit its reply within two weeks on the efficacy of lottery system introduced in 2015 for allocation of mining licences in the h

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), which was asked to act against industrial units polluting the Ganga by the Supreme Court, today unveiled its stage-wise plan to restore the river to its pristine

NAINITAL: A team of the Uttarakhand Human Rights Commission (UHRC), after spending three days at Gangotri near the source of the Ganga, and witnessing rampant pollution of the river there, has issu