Category : Environment

A total of 116 roads in Himachal Pradesh were built violating Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. Moreover, the no-objection certificates (NOCs) to build the roads were issued by unauthorized persons like patwaris, range officers and block development officers (BDOs). The matter is now sub

A recent research conducted jointly by experts at Stanford University and University of California has found that polluted air directly affects a gene that appears to increase the severity of asthma in children. The study was done on 181 children with and without

It is difficult to believe that just by not wasting food the United States could immediately save the energy equivalent of that produced by about 350 million barrels of oil a year. US-based scientists Michael Webber and Amanda Cuellar note that food contains

A study by Harvard medical researchers, published in the October issue of Diabetes Care, links air pollution to increased rates of diabetes. The research says that even in areas where there are acceptable levels of air pollution, as regulated by the Environmental Protection

The harmful pollutants emitted by an aircraft at an altitude of 35,000 feet are fatal for people, says a study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology (EST). The report reads that almost 8,000 people will die due to aircraft pollutants this

‘In the last few months, I have tried to set the ball rolling, so that by 2015, at least, we can have a system of green national accounting,’ Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has said. The minister said

To spread awareness about environment conservation and help curb air, water and soil pollution in every village of Maharashtra, the state’s rural development minister Jayant Patil will initiate a plan that will be introduced within the next year. Addressing a press conference on

The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure is expected to propose a policy that will strike a balance between development and ecological concerns. The policy is being drafted to end a tussle between the ministry of environment and the ministry of coal over the mining

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has expressed his interest to the environment ministry to raise global awareness to save India’s tigers. According to sources in the ministry, the actor has expressed his interest to play a crucial role in sensitizing the global community to

‘Climate change gets the headline, biodiversity does not get the headlines,’ Jairam Ramesh, environment minister, told PTI as he left New York this weekend after a week of attending environment-related meetings, including those with US climate change negotiator Todd Stern and Chinese environment