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Externally-aided projects worth $152 million of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MEF), awaiting approval, may be affected if sanctions are imposed by multilateral agencies on India, for going

Only six of the 2000-odd brick-klins in the state have so far installed the pollution-controlling devices called gravity chambers even though the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) had given a

As the 50th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) got underway in Oman, Greenpeace condemned moves by the IWC which could allow a return to large scale industrial

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), Pune, is planning to set up a 200-tonne per day Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) treatment plant. PCMC, one of the wealthiest municipal bodies in the

The decision by the Central government not to provide additional funds for the Ganga action plan in West Bengal may well ring the death knell of this ambitious project. When it was launched in 1984,

Hunger is threatening millions of people in Brazil's northeastern region as a severe drought dries up the earth and kills crops. This years drought is the worst in 15

Faced with darkening skies from distant fires, Mexico City officials could do little more during the weekend that watch weather forecasts and hope the already choking air pollution would not get

An exhaustive report by the Assembly's committee on the environment says that under Gov. George E. Pataki, New York State workers are spending far less time than they once did on crucial functions

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) may not accord permission to dyeing and bleaching units in Karur, which are located in areas such as residential and mixed residentials zones, despite

Three prominent American environmental groups have urged US President Bill Clinton to adopt a stronger environmental-advocacy agenda at the WTO May 18-20 ministerial meeting in Geneva.In a letter to

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