a civic group in Japan, which filed a lawsuit against the Takarazuka municipal government in Hyogo province, demanding that it suspend operation of a garbage incinerator, tentatively agreed to the

about 500 residents of Japan's Kawasaki town reached a settlement at the Tokyo High Court on four air pollution lawsuits against the government and a state-run expressway operator, thereby ending a

J L Bhasin, chairperson and managing director CMD , UCIL, Jaduguda refutes allegations that the UCIL is dumping radioactive waste

A NGO asks the NHRC to prevent the dislocation of Van Gujjars of the Rajaji National Park by the Uttar Pradesh government

Scientists at the Max-Plank Institute in Mainz, Germany, have identified another culprit in ozone destruction. Removal of active nitrogen from the gas phase through aerosol-particle sedimentation

The state-run Chinese Petroleum Corpo

China invested heavily in environmental protection in 1998

Long-term exposure to atmospheric particles less than 10 microgrammes in diameter (PM10s) can increase chances of lung cancer in men, says a new study. David Abbey and his team from Loma Lind

a study carried out in Faridabad, south of Delhi, has revealed that the level of air and noise pollution is far in excess to the permissible limits. The study was undertaken by the Environment