EU : The European Union today accused the US of "declaring war" on countries it alone deems are not trading fairly as the two powers exchanged fresh blows in their dispute over bananas. At a special

The beleagured 2.6 millin tonne a year mega cement plant being set up by the Hyderabad -based Sanghi group of industries at Kutch district in Gujarat has suffered a fresh setback with both industrial

Greenpeace activists exposed three companies that were expanding Beirut Port by "reclaiming" land with contaminated waste. The activity is an illegal sea dumping operation that violates the spirit of

The Supreme Court yesterday asked the Ministry of environment to explain why the National Coastal Zone Management Authority, set up in November last year, consisted of too many members from

The International Oil PollutionCompensation Fund 1971 (IOPC) confirmed that it had signed a 43 million pound ($69.25 million) agreement with the Italian government to end legal action over pollution

Under the banner of zero emissions, Ebara Corp. (Japan) is offering complete waste disposal and recycling systems worldwide. Ebara hopes to help achieve a world in which companies and consumers join

Germany's Greens, facing a crisis over their performance in government, were locked in a power struggle at a congress in Erfurt, Germany that had been aimed at rallying the demoralized ecologists.

In an effort to make the Ganga pollution free, a whopping Rs 462 crore has been sanctioned for 261 schemes of pollution abatement and treatment plants for municipal sewage and industrial effluent

The Airport authority of India and the Delhi Urban Arts Commission had reportedly granted clearance to the Dwarka sub-city project, but after objecting about the proximity of the project to the air

Rajasthan has been straining its nerves to meet the expenditure on relief work following delay in the transfer of funds by the Centre for the state's calamity relief fund. According to official