Tribal people of Kinnaur, Hmachal Pradesh forced Jaypee Karcham Hydro Corporation Limited to stop the construction work on the controversial 7,760-crore 1000-mw Karcham-Wangtoo Hydroelectric Power
Even as a controversial bill to regulate indiscriminate exploitation of groundwater in the national Capital has been opposed by some MLAs, a similar legislation has been suggested by the Master Plan
Underground water reserves in around 9 out of every 10 Chinese cities are polluted or overexploited, and could take hundreds of years to recover, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
A massive drive is being launched to remove encroachments and other infringements and violations on Dal and Nigeen lakes and other water bodies in and around Srinagar, chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
A college in the United States has decided to stop buying Coca-Cola products in protest against the company's global practices and has sought an independent investigation into allegations of water
The Economic survey for Delhi for the year 2005-06 was released recently by the Delhi's finance and planning minister AK Walia. The survey that provides analytical data for a large number of
This study examines some practical problems of natural resource accounting and highlights the importance of decentralized method of accounting especially for the environmental resource accounting. Detailed case studies are discussed for providing empirical insights in to the suggested methods of accounting. This study discusses a methodology for measuring cost of environmentally sustainable industrial development described by SEEA. A methodology of developing monetary accounts for the ambient urban air quality using the household values is provided.
Passions continued to simmer in Kerala while VS Achuthanandan and M Karunanidhi were agreeing to disagree in the Mullaperiyar dam issue at New Delhi today. In contrast to the relative quiet in Tamil
Tamil Nadu was all for an amicable solution on the Mullaperiyar issue to ensure that farmers of the state's southern districts got the required water for irrigation and drinking needs, CM M
The untreated urban sewage and effluents that flow into the Great Lakes each year are threatening a critical ecosystem that supplies water to millions of people, according to a study by a Canadian
This EIA report on 10,000 mw Jaitapur nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL in Ratnagiri says that, this project will have no impact on ecology of the region. However it has not been shared with affected villages. The project has met with strong protests from people whose lands were acquired under protest.