Eight more towns in West Bengal will be covered under the Ganga Action Plan (GAP), while 15 others are awaiting clearance from the Supreme Court. The Director of National River Conservation

The agriculture and economy of the eight districts of the greater Dinajpur and Rangpur districts of Bangladesh are facing a threat following a change in the courses of 14 big rivers of this region

The US may choose to face trade regulations, rather than negotiate a settlement, if it loses a World Trade Organisation case involving shrimp fishing. At issue is a US law that bans imports of shrimp

Making best out of waste is what the Surat Municipal Corporaton has decided, thereby providing water to the demands long pending with it. Two major demand of water, one from the Sachin Industrial

Industrialists have called for simplification of procedures, including single-window clearances and allotment of land at 50 per cent of the prevailing rates, to speed up relocation of polluting units

The International Petroleum Exchange in London unveiled proposals to develop trading in carbon dioxide emission permits. The IPE submitted its response to last year's Kyoto summit on climate change,

There is no progress so far in respect of reports submitted by two high-level official panels, one concerning conservation of India's biodiveristy resources and another on expansion of green cover.

Counsel for the petitioner in the Tirupur dyeing and bleaching units' pollution case, Mr. V. Prakash, has asked the Government to drop its pro-industry stance and become pro-people. Mr. Prakash told

The environmental group Greenpeace, in announcing its affiliation on Monday with a biodegradabvle credit card, challenged US financial services companies to adopt similar technology and to stop using

Greenpeace warned the world's environment ministers about the disaster-in-waiting for global biological diversity if immediate action is not taken to protect biodiversity. Government environmental