Global Environment Facility (GEF) exposure in domestic projects has risen to $567.51 million. This is expected to increase further on conclusion of the second replenishment talks, currently on in

Forty tonnes of crude oil spilled after a railway train cistern turned over in an accident in Georgia that risks contaminating water supplies officials said on

An environment project to benefit people in the coastal areas of Kerala is to be taken up by the M.S. Swaminathan Research foundation with financial aid from a Washington based agency, according to

The World Bank will sanction a large amount for pollution control in Tamil Nadu according to Mr. M. Devraj, Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). A portion of the funds will be

Shipowners have secured a substantional reduction in the cost of excess oil pollution liability insurance, two major shipping organisations said last week. The International Chamber of Shipping

The Aral sea is going, gone. Once the world's fourth largest inland body of water, the Aral has shrivelled to half its former area and a third of its volume. As for the region's drinking water, even

The Ministry of environment and forests is likely to waive the testing fee for award of the 'Ecomark'. A waiver of the testing fee has been recommended to the ministry by the steering committee-the

It is high time MPs paid attention to conserving resources and enhancing them for future generations. Mainly two members, basically from the forest and coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and

A national pollution prevention roundtable (NPPR) represented by Government agencies, industry, academic institutions and non-governmental organisations, is about to be formed soon, on the lines of a

Protecting the environment even while maintaining a growth path is one of the challenges ahead of India in which Germany could help, according to the German Ambassador to India, Dr Heinrich-Dietrich