Pollution fears cloud future of cement plants

The announcement that more cement factories will be set up in the state has unleashed a controversy. Units already operational have not …

Unhappy compromise over atmosphere

Though the bracketed chapter on atmosphere was resolved in Rio, OPEC nations continue to feel dissatisfied

Stink in the northeast

Unscientific coal mining is threatening the pristine beauty of Meghalaya while affecting the lives of many people

"Doctors too need education"

Dr S K Chabbra, reader and head of the department of cardiorespiratory physiology, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, New Delhi, is among the few …

Survival in a chemical dustbin

Residents sleep with doors and windows shut tight. Dangerous gases are released at night in Dombivli

Highway projects mow down ecolaws

India's road networking plan, one of the few projects that are progressing ahead of schedule, is flouting a number of environmental guidelines

Polluted and ignored

Talk about air pollution in India and everybody thinks of the four metropolitan cities. But the ambient air quality in even smaller cities and …

How India is getting gas and coal policy wrong

Non-EU airlines compliance with emissions trading scheme deferred

US sets mercury emission limits

India still far from setting standards for toxic pollutants from power plants

Too much at stake

Search for a good hearth

While cook stoves in India are becoming fuel-efficient, they are not improving air quality, finds study

WHO sets emissions standards for reducing indoor air pollution

4.3 million global premature deaths around each year attributed to illnesses caused by household air pollution

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

20 million Americans took to the streets for the first Earth Day in 1970

Flyash can be used viably

Waste dumpsites choke Chennai

On the shelf?

CPCB penalty to industries at Mahul, Ambapada pave way for polluter-pays principle

Report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board penalising the industries based on their quantum of pollution is a roadmap for better …

Euro V standard has failed to curb pollutants: experts

Push for Euro VI as the new emissions standard across EU; recommend improvising Bharat II standard for India

Your aircon could make 2024 the hottest on record

As the world reels from the hottest year on record, the weather outlook for the future looks grim, with extreme heat set to be unavoidable unless …

New Lancet health report lists how bad climate change can hit India

Expect more malnutrition as yield potential of key crops shrink

The global impact of air conditioning: big and getting bigger

More ACs means more refrigerants that are potent greenhouse gases

Beijing asks residents to leave town ahead of international economic forum

Announces week-long vacations to reduce pollution and traffic during meet

The air just got dirtier

Nonvolatile herbicides lost more through vapourisation

Retina visuals capture heart

Pollution narrows arteries, raises risk of heart diseases