A vehicular pollution - noise as well smoke - control campaign is being lunched jointly by the Sind (Pakistan) traffic police and the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) from Feb 22.

The Saitama (Japan) prefectural government Monday urged an association of waste facilities to temporarily shut down incinerators amid a costly boycott of Tokorozawa vegetables, which were reportedly

The East Gippsland lakes, one of Victoria's (Australia) premier tourist playgrounds, are being choked by chemicals and silt from agricultural runoff. Chemical fertiliser levels in one area have been

Tamil Nadu's progressive policies make it a model State in so many health, education, environmental and social welfare areas for the other 24 States in India, according to Ms. Michele J. Sison, US

Assam is likely to witness yet another devastation by flood this year, because none of the breaches and cuts in the embankments have been plugged due to lack of funds. Flood control Department

Mobil Peeves Co Ltd has stopped "any further work on developing the LPG terminal project" in Kerala . The company has sited "continuting difficulties with local residents and the changed economic

A well-organised waste disposal business helps many slum dwellers in urban Ubon Ratchathani of Thailand make a dramatic U-turn from social misfits to environmental friends. The Warin Chamrap

The Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd (Hudco) has emerged as a major consultant and financier of waste management projects in the country with total sanctions to the sector touching Rs.

Central and local governments in Japan are starting to make unprecedented moves to reconsider public-works projects that could harm the environment. Conventional projects, such as land reclaimation

The city of Shangqiu in Central China's Henan Province is still polluting the Huaihe River. The river is a famous waterway in Central and East China, and it runs through several provinces. The