Each summer in the U.S. a creeping blight spreads from the mouth of the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico-a "dead zone" where almost nothing swims or crawls. This year the dead zone is

Maharashtra's latur pattern of rehabilitation is under consideration for replication by the Gujarat government which plans to undertake a massive project for rehousing victims of the recent cyclone,

Over 100 governments are meeting in Montreal, Canada, from 29 June to 3 July, for the first round of talks on an international agreement to minimize emissions and releases of persistent organic

For years school teachers and students in Tambon Napralan inSaraburi have been breathing in dust from rock blasting businesses nearby unaware that the clouds of dust posed a health hazard. Worse than

The Centre on Saturday announced a package of about Rs 60 cr to Gujarat for repair, renewal and reconstruction of houses and urban infrastructure damaged in the recent cyclone.

The forest department of Delhi government is planning an ambitious ecology drive to fight the flyash menace at the Badarpur Thermal Power Plant. The plan is spread over three years and entails

An ambitious programme has been implemented to clean and preserve seven rivers, situated along eleven cities of Madhya Pradesh under the national river action plan.According to an official release

The Supreme Court issued a directive to the Nepal government requiring the executive to take stock of food shortage and public health situation in the famine-affected areas of mid-western mountain

An Asian disaster in the making: A serious form of transboundary pollution, acid rain, stares bulk of the Asian continent in the face. Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI), using a detailed

Trade unions of the petrochemical division of the Fertilisers and Chemicals of Travancore have alleged that the action of the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in serving a show cause notice to