China's capital Beijing on Friday banned the burning of coal and introduced new authomobile emission standards as part of a sweeping plan to stamp out pollution, state media said. Most buildings in

The Centre has directed the Delhi govenemnt to take steps to prevent the dumping of adulterated mustard oil, which caused the dropsy epidemic killing more than 60 people, into the Yamuna river and

With climate change and ozone hole becoming major concerns in the global perspective, the latest Indian expedition to Antarctica will focus on environmental monitoring with state-of-the-art

The Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) has asked Hindustan Level to shut down its Calcutta unit, while Kesoram Industries, Calcutta and Hind Agro Industries, Aligarh have been told to suspend

Delhiites will, very soon have to think before dumping just about anything into their garbage bins. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to accept only biodegradable waste from

The disposal of hospital wastes have always been a problem for the private nursing homes and clinics. Keeping this in mind, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) has proposed to open the

The clean water act has been on the books for a quarter-century. Most of the time has been spent reducing pollution from large individual treatment plants. The effort has been remarkably successful,

The wisdom behind the old adage 'Anything in excess is poison' also applies to rapid industrialisation in Gujarat. Aimed at producing more and profiting even more, the giant industrial estates

More than a few of the cruise ships-which often carry 1,000 passengers or more-leave sordid calling cards behind them in Alaska. Two of the lines, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and the Carnival

In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands you can find an ecological building supplies shop and buy clay blocks with which to build the internal walls of your house, waterless urinals,