Lending support to the European Union plans to charge airlines for carbon emissions, European Union environment commissioner Janez Potocnik emphasised that the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) was introduced to help

Should there be a financial cost to the services provided by mountain ecosystems?

During the last fortnight, India’s foremost wildlife experts have dashed off three consecutive letters to environment minister Jayanti Natarajan questioning the entire process of giving clearance to f

The ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) have cancelled the environmental clearance (EC) to the Vedanta-owned Sesa Goa Ltd for an iron ore mine located in Pirna in North Goa on grounds of suppression of vital information.

The myth that environmental regulations were throttling the country’s growth was busted by the Centre for Science & Environment (CSE) which has found that an unprecedented number of environment and forest clearances have been granted to five key industry sectors during the 11th Five Year Plan.

India’s densely populated cities with poorly designed buildings makes 68 per cent of our urban population vulnerable to earthquakes.
“There are 344 towns which fall in the Zone 5 category (high risk category) making them amongst the most damage prone cities in the planet,” pointed out Shashidhar Reddy, vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority.

Is the government’s overarching attempt to transform India into a nuclear powerhouse facing a roadblock? With protests against the Koodankulam nuclear project intensifying, the government is now under pressure from Russia to ensure the commissioning of the 1000 Mwe reactors does not get stalled.

Indian industry is at loggerheads with the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) insisting that the phase-out of the next category of HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons) chemicals should be done according to the schedule adopted by the Montreal Protocol.

Indian industry is at loggerheads with the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) insisting that the phase-out of the next category of HCFCs (hydrochlorofluorocarbons) chemicals should be done according to the schedule adopted by the Montreal Protocol.

A river regulation zone (RRZ) notification should be top priority for the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to stop annual flooding of rivers in the sub-continent.