In an effort to raise environmental awareness and action, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invites people the world over to commemorate World Environment Day on 5 June. With the theme

The head of the Greenpeace International Dr. Thilo Bode, appealed to the Israeli government to stop the fertilizer company Haifa Chemicals from dumping toxic sludge in the Mediterranean

The Madras High Court has ordered notice to the State Government on a writ petition seeking a direction to close down 34 tanneries located in and around Suriyapalayam town Panchayat in Erode district

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck Taiwan's northern and eastern region on Sunday morning, but there were no immediate reports of

The first computerized atlas of the environmental landscape in Latin America and the Caribbean has been released by the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture and the United

Dr Ishwar Chand Gupta of the Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur, has been selected for the "2000 millennium medal of honour" by the American Biographical Institute for his achievement in

An ecology conference intended to unify efforts to reduce waste is being sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the United Nations. The World Conference on International Cooperation of

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) is prosecuting several industries in the State, including Ballarpur Paper Mills, for polluting the Yamuna, the Delhi High Court has been

The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has launched prosecution against several industries in the state, including Ballarpur Paper Mills, for polluting the Yamuna river, the Delhi high court has

The United States might refuse to accept a WTO ruling in favour of India and three other countries on using turtle-excluding device in catching shrimps, further threatening to affect shrimp exports