The Indonesian crisis is jumping species. Now, down the food chain, elephants monkeys and other wildlife are dying. Throughout Indonesia, the unsustainable is becoming the unfathomable: Nature is

Citing possible environmental pollution problems and a waste of taxpayers' money, representatives of civic groups have demanded the South Korean government to scrap a huge reclamation project which

In its most recent crackdown last week, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has identified, and ordered the closure of , 13 lead smelting units in Mandoli, located on the Delhi-UP border. Coming

Germany's Greens were widely expected on Saturday to emdorse a coalition pact with Chancellor-elect Gerhard Schroeder that will bring the ecologist party into central government for the first

A volcano erupted in northern Japan on Sunday, sending a column of smoke 1,200 metres into the sky, the Japan meteorological agency said. No injuries or damage were reported. The 1,131-metre high

The Centre for Science and Environment has written to the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, asking him to be vigilant and protect the economic interests of India, at the Buenos Aires

rights panel pulls up PCB : The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has pulled up the Pollution Control Board(PCB) for its failure to contain pollution in the State Industries Promotion Corporation

Even as the Haryana Government undertakes de-watering operation on a war footing, over 65,000 acres continue to be under two to four feet of water in half the 92 villages of Hansi. The situation is

When the Nepal government banned beer and soft drink bottles from the Everest region this year, it was not sure how the locals would react. But two months later, officials look visibly relieved that

Typhoon Babs raced toward southern China on Saturday, leaving behind a trail of destruction on the Philippines' main island where at least 124 people died and hundreds of thousands wer forced to flee