Ravish Tiwari & J P Yadav

KATTAPPANA: The Parliamentary Sub-Committee on Water Resources, led by Rajapathy Sampasiva Rao, MP, which made a visit to the Mullaperiyar dam and evaluated its condition on Monday, said its report would be submitted to Parliament after a meeting.

Parliamentary report calls for saving the Central pollution control body It

Set up environment courts for quick and effective justice Polluting MNCs be checked upon Reduce the number of Board members (not the technical staff) for quick decision making process One CPCB zonal office be established in each state Increase number of air monitoring stations from 332 to 1,000 Common effluent treatment plants be constructed

The parliamentarians on Tuesday forewarned the government that any move to tax agriculture will be resisted tooth and nail while bluntly describing it as tantamount to making the country hostage to the global market.

Farmers and activists of the Haryana Yuva Kisan Sangharsh Samiti marched to the Parliament House on Friday demanding water supply for drinking and irrigational needs.

IF you are concerned about losing the battle against pollution, there's all the more reason to worry. The Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb), the national apex body, can hardly be called a regulator for tackling environmental degradation. In fact, it is "near-defunct". This extraordinary conclusion comes

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European parliament leaders will bring forward a vote on steps to combat climate change to try and gain influence in a power struggle with member states, parliament sources said on Thursday.

The parliament, which has so far taken a strong line on protecting the environment, wants to regain influence on EU plans to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by a fifth by 2020.