The United Kingdom is on track to become the first country to have legally binding targets for cutting greenhouse gases.

Regular long-distance flying can easily triple an academic's carbon footprint. During the past year, I have 'spent' about nine tonnes of carbon, two-thirds of this on plane trips. Yet I am a good consumer otherwise. (Correspondence)

NAGPUR: It was a temptation that 65-year-old Daulat Moon could not resist. The deal was too big for him to reject: Rs 40 lakh per acre of land or a little less than Rs100 per sq feet.

The Indian Air Force has decided to study ways and means to reduce emission of harmful gases from its aircraft so as to prevent depletion of the ozone layer.

SriLankan Airlines has launched a series of long-term initiatives aimed at safeguarding the environment and emphasizing its commitment to conservation.

Ryanair shareholders attending the company's general meeting in Dublin in September were bemused by a sight not often associated with such gatherings, when a bare-chested young man wearing an oxygen mask approached the podium where Michael O'Leary, the chief executive, was speaking.

The EU

Shimla, September 28 Residents and representatives from over 20 villages in Gagret area of Una district today staged a protest against the proposal to set up SEZ and Airport by SKIL Infrastructure Ltd. The Central Government had granted in principle approval to the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) two weeks ago.

Calcutta, Aug. 28: Landlosers will be compensated with land for the first time in Bengal.

The offer will be part of a package for building an airport in Andal, Burdwan

The airport environment committee at its meeting today stressed the need to address two major problems ~ the bird and animal menace and the choked drainage system ~ both of which are causing hindrance in the safe operation of flights as well as damage to the runway.

Pages