The impact of the booming Chinese economy on the quality of the nation’s air and water has garnered a lot of attention recently. Now, focus is turning to another polluted realm: the very ground beneath China’s feet.

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On June 9, Meenakshipuram police station in Kerala's Palakkad district registered a case against Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd (HCCBL) for wilfully polluting water sources near its manufacturin

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on nine hotels here for failing to deposit the penalty amount it had imposed on it in May for violat

Nagpur: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has asked all power generation companies to supply fly-ash free of cost within 300 km radius of their plants.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of R. Rajendran Vs Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 05/07/2016 regarding discharge of effluents by M/s. N. Muneeba Tanning Company into the Applicants (R. Rajendran) lands. Tribunal directs the Tannery to be immediately closed and electricity disconnected.

A new study by Trucost finds the environmental cost of using plastics in consumer goods and packaging is nearly four times less than it would be if plastics were replaced with alternative materials.

Soil pollution in Guwahati city, Assam, India has become a major concern since the last few decades. To study the impact of automobile and industrial emission, distribution patterns of 16 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and eight heavy metals were investigated in the soil samples collected from 15 different sites. Higher concentration of total PAHs and heavy metals was found in the industrial areas compared to the high traffic areas.

KAKINADA: The villagers of Konaseema area, during a public hearing organised by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) at Kottapakala village in Tondangi mandal of East Godavari distric

NALGONDA: The residents of four villages in Bhudanpochampally mandal are forced to migrate to other areas as seven factories manufacturing intermediatory pharma products, are releasing effluents th

Cuncolim locals have demanded that the government carry out an inspection of the hazardous waste dumped at Cuncolim industrial estate, waste from steel factory and pollution caused by the fish meal

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