CSR Ltd promised to reconsider plans to open a waste dump at Werribee after residents protested at the company's annual general meeting in Sydney yesterday. The CSR chairman, Mr Ian Burgess, said the

Coastal zone regulations (CZR) should be relaxed in the five special tourism areas --Bekal Beach (Kerala) , Diu,Mamallapuram (Tamil Nadu) , Puri (Orissa) and Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) -- for the

Some two million people have been hit by wide spread floods in Bangladesh triggered by a week of monsoon rains with at least 12

The Cabinet formed a sub-committee to study the losses on account of sea erosion in Kerala and recommend relief measures. The Ministers for Finance, Revenue and Irrigation and Labour will be members

The performance of the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees of Union Territories will come under the scrutiny of the Ministry of Environment and Forests when the

The Ministry of Environment has defended a policy allowing the US to dump its discarded ships on Indian coasts endangering life and ecology. "There is no significant hazard to the environment through

The rising waters of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries continue to wreak havoc in Assam, with several districts remaining cut off due to submerged State and national highways, while the death toll

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. will test ground water at all domestic and overseas plants where industrial chemicals suspected of being carcinogenic were used to determine whether harmful

A fertiliser factory in Nakhon Luang district has been handed more time to solve noise, stench, dust and water pollution problems following repeated complaints from nearby residents. Thai Central

Greenpeace protested against the French government's decision to resume controversial transports of irradiated nuclear fuel after a two decades suspension. Documents leaked in April revealed that