The Chinese government is determined to dig deeper to extract more oil, gas, copper and other key minerals to keep up its present pace of development, says Xinhua, the official news agency. The

After years of controlling noise pollution, airports across the globe are now trying to curb water and air defilement

The US is facing strong opposition to its plans to incinerate chemical weapons

Sweden's environment minister resigns over the government's plan to build a bridge and tunnel link with Denmark

IT IS painted bright red with big black spots and looks like a cross between a lady bug and a toy car. It is the ultra-mini Haishen or the "car for the masses" that is about to hit the gigantic

Indonesian farmers are seething with anger at the government's penchant for building golf resorts. To make way for the greens, the peasants are being forced to move out in search of other pastures,

• FARNWAY, a farmers' cooperative in northeastern England, is all set to pave the way for bio-diesel-fuelled vehicles. It plans to run its cars and lorries on bio-diesel produced from rapeseed.

ALTHOUGH most Bombayites have welcomed the monsoon clouds, scrap merchants, who are a vital link in the waste recycling process, are in a less buoyant mood: huge quantities of scrap deteriorate

The Mexican government is enforcing waste disposal norms despite the lack of infrastructure, ensuring a windfall to multinational waste disposal companies