Efforts of the public sector, private industry and grass-roots activism, like in the U.S., is needed to ensure that bio-medical wastes are handled and disposed of safety in an environment-friendly

The death toll from floods in south-east Queensland reached six last night after the body of a Melbourne man was pulled from raging waters. As mopping up continues today, Australian authorities are

Ten people were killed after an avalanche struck some 20 houses in an Alpine village near here on Tuesday, officials said in the latest toll issued early on

Thousands of tonnes of waste oil and other shipboard waste are being illegally dumped into Lankan territorial waters for want of shipboard waste treatment facility in the country's ports, informed

The expensive but effective cloud-seeding method to produce rain is likely to be resumed to increase the level at water treatment plants, Malaysia's Science, Technology and Environment Minister

Does air pollution heighten in winters? The answer is 'yes', as per a study conducted by the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI). The study discloses that the level of Nitrogen Oxides rose to a

The Supreme Court has issued notices limited to the question of surrender of land on a writ petition filed by Birla Textiles challenging the court's earlier orders on the closure and shifting of

A first step in an ambitious programme to remove the encroachment along the city waterways has begun with the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) taking up a formal survey of the population

China's pollution situation remains "grim," even though much environmental-protection work has been completed. Air and water pollution have worsened in some localities, and some ecosystems have

China's small and medium-sized enterprises must adopt pollution control technology to contribute to the State' anti-pollution war. In the past two years, China has successfully launched "midnight