The Union minister for urban development, Mr Ram Jethmalani, is all set to review the Coastal Regulation Zone Act, that bars any construction within 500 metres of sea waters, despite

Heavy machinery makers are seeing demand decline for waste-disposal equipment in spite of tougher environmental protection standards. Local government orders that traditionally account for most of

The Group of Seven leading industrialised nations and Russia (G8) agreed not to use emissions trading to evade painful domestic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions associated with climate change.

The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has launched night time cleaning operations on an experimental basis in some of the busy commercial areas of the City like City Market, Cottonpet, Ulsoor, Chamarajpet,

Environment ministers of the world's top eight industrialized nations announced new efforts to curb smuggling of hazardous waste, endangered species and substances that damage the Earth's ozone

Despite warnings from the Environmental Ministry of serious potential flooding in northern European Russia this year, local officials say St. Petersburg ought to escape the deluge. "There is a

The misuse of funds meant for poverty alleviation programmes caused starvation deaths in Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput districts of Orissa, according to a Parliamentary Committee

When Australia appointed its first Ambassador for the Environment six months ago, it joined the exclusive club of nations that had already taken the step - Sweden, Norway and Canada - have never had

India, the second largest recipient of the GEF aid, is also, rather interestingly, a donor to it. While GEF projects in India are worth $150 million

Droughts and uncontrolled human activities are accelerating the desertification process in the scarcity-hit districts of Kutch and Banaskantha districts in