India and Sweden are expected to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environment as Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt visits India on Thursday for the 10th India-EU summit.

The MoU will cover climate change, clean technology, clean development mechanisms, environmental protection, environmental governance and air-water quality.

From now on, if you happen to litter roads or lanes in Meghalaya, you might land up in a tricky situation when a child jawan nearby blows a whistle in remonstration.

In a unique initiative, school students have been roped in to become active participants in changing the mindset of people towards environment in this hill state.

Noted environmentalist and Chipko movement leader Sunderlal Bahuguna today warned that the next World War, if come about, would be fought over no other issue but water which is getting extremely precious day by day given the onslaught of climate change.

The Environment and Forest Ministry has decided to seek bank guarantee for revocation of its orders for closure of industrial units and projects on ground of causing environment pollution.
A notification says the bank guarantee will be required to ensure installation of pollution control equipment or taking necessary measures within the stipulated time.

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A popular children's song has a refrain -- "the more we get together the happier we'll be" -- that may sound like a simplistic formula for solving the complex challenges of climate change and sustainability.
But if any area is ripe for sharing and collaboration among organisations, it's green innovation.

Coimbatore: The Environmental Cultural Yathra of the Tamil Nadu Environment Council has asked the Government to form a separate Ministry for Water and Water Resources Protection.

The yathra began on October 19 from Kanyakumari and is scheduled to reach Chennai on October 29. It reached Coimbatore on Friday.

The government will move cautiously on interlinking of rivers keeping in mind environmental and ecological concerns, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said.

"The interlinking of river system is something which can help in expanding area under irrigation. But there are also problems. There are environmental concerns," the Prime Minister said at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

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"YOU are over-reaching the judiciary," the Supreme Court told the counsel for Kerala at one stage during the day-long hearing on the original suit filed by Tamil Nadu over Mullaiperiyar dam.

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The Goa State Pollution Control Board may find it difficult to issue show cause notices to erring units or mines, infrastructural projects including those in Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) areas as per an office order issued by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.