The Environmenatal Protection Agency will announce plans to begin regulating large livestock farms much like factories and other waste producing industries, requiring permits and inspections in an

Imams of some Calcutta mosques filed a writ petition before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Bhagabati Prasad Banerjee and Mr Justice Ronojit Kumar Mitra of Calcutta High Court praying for

The city hospitals are not following safe methods to dispose medical waste even though they have the requisite facilities. A survey on waste management, worker safety and use of technology found that

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is evolving an effective system to reduce industrial pollution. The technical committee has been assigned to finalize the report and submit it to the Shams

Relief and rescue teams spread out on Wednesday in this remote area of southwestern Pakistan's Baluchistan province, as local officials said they feared around 1,000 may have died in floods. More

Led by the Bilaspur Nagar Sudhar Sabha and the All-Party Citizens Action Committee more than 12 teachers here strongly resented the polluted supply of drinking water to the town where break-out of a

Another major step has been made towards improving China's environment. A national plan to control acid rain and sulphur dioxide pollution now extends to a zone of 1.09 million square kilometres,

The Marina beach, an important landmark of Chennai, may become out of bounds for pleasure-seekers if the discharge of pollutants by the Adyar and Cooum rivers into the sea goes on unchecked. These

Two workshops on biomedical waste management and on ISO 14000 implementation would be held between March 4 and 7. The workshops are being organised by an Indo-Canadian joint venture company, Camillus

Increasing population migration, transport difficulties, soil erosion, floods and submersion are the main problems in Nawalparasi district. According to statistics for 2050 published by the district