Government is looking to reduce the time by half to 50-60 days for granting forest and environment clearances to industrial projects, Union Environment and Forest Minister Anil Madhav Dave said tod

It achieved most of its goals with the legally-binding HFC phase-down agreement

India would have to cut down use of hydroflurocarbon (HFC) by 10% by 2032

Adani asked to pay Rs 25 cr for restoring environment

India's participation in a global agreement on climate change will reduce the country's greenhouse gases equal to closing one-sixth of its thermal power stations over the next 35 years, according t

The companies were driven less by idealism than by intense competition, and a bet that they could create more environmentally friendly alternatives

The world wants to ensure that the continuing rise in Earth’s average temperatures, as a result of global warming, doesn’t go beyond 2 degrees Celsius compared to average temperatures in pre-indust

India on Saturday was among the 197 nations to sign a binding agreement in Rwanda's capital Kigali to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbon or (HFC) gases, primarily found in air conditioners.

The amendment will allow the use of ozone-saving Montreal Protocol to phase-out HFCs, a set of 19 gases in the hydroflurocarbon family that are used extensively in the air-conditioning and refriger

In a landmark step to combat climate change, about 200 nations, including India, today struck a legally-binding deal after intense negotiations to phase down climate-damaging hydrofluorocarbons tha

Climate experts and environmentalists from across the globe not only welcomed the HFCs phase down deal, reached at Kigali in Rwanda on Saturday, but also singled out India for its exemplary role of