Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi December 17, 2009, 0:44 IST

In what could be an embarrassment for India at the ongoing Copenhagen climate change negotiations, government data reveal that the rate at which Indian power plants emit carbon dioxide (CO2), which has been on a decline for many years, has increased.

SP Sharma

The joint action committee of residents of the town formed against air pollution being caused by the thermal power house of the PSEB here has decided to file a petition on the issue in the High Court as the authorities concerned have failed to check the emission of ash that is playing with the health of people.

Suresh nikhar | Bermo

Residents within the Administration of the civil sub-divisional officer Tenughat have demanded immediate steps to control pollution caused by loading, unloding of coal, coal dust and other minirals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed her government's resolve to restore the navigability in the country's silted-up rivers and declared that a massive drive to clean up the polluted Buriganga riverbed will start from next month (January).Terming the Buriganga lifeline of the capital city and its vast surroundings, she said on Wednesday under the government's massive river-dredging proje

Greeshma Gopal Giri | ENS Chennai, December 9

HUGE chimneys emitting dark fumes mark the skyline of north Chennai. Dusty roads, and heavy traffic are other features of this region, which has seen rapid industrialisation, and is developing into the most polluted part of the city.

Just days after dead fish was found floating on the Sutlej and industrial pollution wreaking havoc in the state, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal today sought the release of Rs 302 crore from the Union Environment Ministry to control pollution in the Sutluj and Ghaggar rivers. Badal today met Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh and sought the money.

Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: The World Bank on Wednesday announced a soft loan of $one billion in the next 5 to 7 years for the recently launched National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to clean and conserve the river.

Earlier promises yet to be kept by TNPL, allege people

Cement plant to cost Rs. 78.11 crore

Effluents have destroyed fertile area: MLA