in one of the most significant of environment cases, on April 2, 2007, the us Supreme Court ruled that the country's environment agency had the authority and responsibility to regulate carbon

US okays bill to cut marine pollution In March, the US House of Representatives approved legislation to cut polluting emissions released by diesel-powered ships. Under the legislative

traffic fumes decrease lung function among children and make the organs vulnerable to irreversible long-term damage, a new study has found. The study published in The Lancet (Vol 369) links local

If it is bad for rats, it could be bad for you. Driving on highways can harm your heart. A study by Alison Elder and team from the department of Environmental Medicine of the University of

In a recent report prepared by its National Bureau of Statistics, China has acknowledged that its consumption of fossil fuels rose by 9.3 per cent in 2006 over the previous year. The report

the European Union (eu) has come up with new funds to promote the best ideas in science and technology. The first ever pan-European research body, the European Research Council, will dole out cash

a study claims the maximum temperature over the northwestern Himalayas is increasing at a much faster rate than the minimum temperature. Another study claims it is just the opposite for most of the