While continuing its stay on the Madras high court order for closing of Sterlite, a subsidiary of MNC Vedanta in Tamil Nadu, the Supreme Court on Monday admitted the company

KOCHI: Blame it on the lackadaisical attitude of the civic body of Kochi and the health department of the city. Sheer negligence on the part of the authorities has paved the way for the leakage of the biogas plant at Ernakulam Market.

Shyam Balasubramanian | ENS
Shyam B Chennai,

A bunch of young boys stood on the beach facing the sunrise. They stared in utter concentration at the point where the waves washed up against the shore. Suddenly, one of the boys dived at the ebbing wave with a loud whoop, catching the attention of his comrades.

Union Ministry holds up eco clearance for various projects

Main sources of pollution are industries, municipal garbage and hospital waste

Industries agree to spend Rs.

Following The Indian Express report, building of Pinjore road put on hold, debris disposal gets priority

The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to immediately stop work on the Pinjore-Shimla highway.

Left over food and vegetable waste discarded in the garbage could soon be used to generate bio cooking gas (alternative to LPG) in the Capital.

KOCHI:  The preparation of the draft plan for the
second phase of development of the Brahmapuram solid waste treatment plant has
been completed.

According to the plan, the civic
body will construct a unit to produce crude oil from plastic waste and a
substation to generate electricity from the waste in the second phase of
expansion.

If the talks between the Abu Dhabi-based NRI group and government succeeds, Kochi will get its first electricity project which generates power from solid waste.

Loro Group, an endeavour by NRIs in Abu Dhabi, is planning to start the plant in association with Irish company

Pune City anchor: Rudra Environmental Solutions to set up plant in Dhankawadi; will duplicate it in all 14 wards if successful

Up against a mountain of plastic waste in its jurisdiction even after a ban on use of plastic bags below 50 microns in thickness, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is planning a pilot project to convert plastic to fuel.

Sarath Babu George

The local body in Kottayam has come up trumps from a potentially difficult situation