Canada has 20% of the world's fresh water supply, most of it in the Great Lakes, with the remainder pouring unchecked into three oceans. The United States, with one-tenth of Canada's fresh water, has

Foundry units have petitioned the government for relaxation in the pollution control regulations. They claim the stipulations have forced many units to shut down. The Indian Institute of Foundrymen

The conventional notion that vehicles are the main cause of atmospheric lead pollution may be wrong, according to new evidence gathered by US researchers. A recent study shows that the primary source

The Union ministry of environment & forests has not yet banned the use of plastic bags according to officials of the Indian Plastics Federation. The president of the federation. Raj Kumar Kasera,

The Delhi High Court today disposed of a petition after the counsel for Municipal corporation of Delhi submitted that trade of hair in two localities in the Capital has been stopped. A Division Bench

The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has notified 1.328 industrial units and said they should surrender their land to the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) . A public notice for this was

Legal action would be taken against industrial units which did not follow norms set by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), Mr. Chandrakanth Khaire, Minister of State for Environment and

Contrary to the repeated claims of the management of Grasim Industries, a recent study carried out by a medical team from the Calicut Medical College has asserted that morbidity levels are quite high

Living out in the open in bitter January cold, a 54-year-old worker of the Birla textile mills died at Baddli, Himachal Pradesh, on Tuesday, while 10 others wre seriously ill, the Delhi Janwadi

The dispute between the US and the European Union over trade in bananas escalated after Brussels tried to prevent Washington from obtaining the approval of the World Trade Organisation to impose