Minister for Environment, Aleixo Sequeira has said the Goa Government is sensitive to the issue of protecting the State

The 85 Coca-Cola trucks in the city that deliver soft drink bottles to your neighbourhood store will not belch black smoke any more. Their engines have been changed to use CNG, with the first three trucks of the new

UNION Petroleum Minister Murli Deora on Saturday commended the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL) measures to become self-reliance on water and for steps related to environment protection

Q&A: Jairam Ramesh, environment and forest minister
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi July 5, 2009, 0:35 IST

Jairam RameshWe pay lip service to environment protection and have to learn to say no, Jairam Ramesh, environment and forest minister, tells Sreelatha Menon.

The environment ministry is working on an independent professional body which is expected to come up in a year.

The proposed entity, to be called the National Environment Protection Authority, would be modelled on telecom regulator Trai and market regulator Sebi, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said today.

- 17-yr-old son of mechanic forms squad to save environment

Dhanbad, June 22: His motor mechanic father may have spent a major part of his life arranging for two square meals for the family, but 17-year-old Manibhushan Prasad has grown up with a larger mission in life: to protect the world from global warming and keep it green.

Expressing its concern over the climate changes caused by iniquitous use of natural resources, the Delhi High Court has observed that environmental damage had reached to such an extend, the life on the Earth is under threat.

Programme held to underscore the importance of conservation

Quelling fears: Ways to deal with snakes being explained at an environmental awareness programme for police personnel in Udhagamandalam on Sunday.

Udhagamandalam: Human beings are the biggest enemies of Nature, said Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Field Director Rajiv K. Srivastava here on Sunday.

There is little doubt the process needs quickening, but project-affected-persons have to be heard, even encouraged to present their point of view cogently.

Shubhendu AmitabhShubhendu Amitabh
Senior President, Corporate Affairs & Business Development
The Aditya Birla Group

Lalit Mohan

The World Council for Corporate Governance is organising the Global Convention on Climate Security from June 12 to 14 at Palampur. Experts from across the globe would ponder on why the climate crunch is more catastrophic than credit crunch.

The other major topic would be as to how climate change can prove an as opportunity for creating employment.