A group of promoters of environment friendly transports together with the Nitol Group, a major road transport importer and assembler in Bangladesh, on Saturday demanded immediate ban on the import of

Deadalus, Craftsman and inventor, fashioned two sets of wings from feathers and wax and together with his son Icarus soared high into the sky until lcarus, so near the sun that his wings melted,

With the United States now alone in the world in opposing the treaty to combat global warming, some lawmakers are pressing for Congress to take the lead toward reducing emissions of so-called

Against the odds, European negotiators emerged triumphant from the Bonn conference on climate change. When the world's environment ministers gathered to negotiate the final details of the Kyoto

To judge by the euphoric proclaimations and the breathless headlines it seems that the Kyoto Protocol is back from the dead. George Bush, the Toxic Texan, had all but killed the treaty by declaring

A pair of U.S. senators yesterday introduced legislation intended to "jump start" the nation's ability to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the greenhouse gases blamed most for warming the globe.

With the United States now alone in the world in opposing the treaty to combat global warming, some lawmakers are pressing for Congress to take the lead toward reducing emissions of so-called

In last year's talks on implementing the Kyoto climate change treaty, Europeans refused to compromise with the Clinton administration's negotiators. This time around the Bush Administration virtually

Trading of greenhouse gas emissions may be the solution in the future to reduce industrial pollution, but specific trading rules have first to be adopted and recognised globally, experts say. A deal

Hit by chronic shortage in Uttar Pradesh, the Rajnath Singh government has decided to set up medium and small hydro power units in its well knit canal