Bharti Chaturvedi and her green army are working to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in cities. ...
03:55 PM, Jun 05, 2010
Pradeep Bhatia takes on municipal authorities for not taking garbage to disposal plant. ...
02:59 PM, Jun 05, 2010
London: People who live in urban areas where air pollution is high tend to have higher blood pressure (BP) than those who live in less polluted areas, says a new research. The researchers used data from the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study, an ongoing population-based study of almost 5,000 individuals that focusses on the development of heart disease. They analysed the effects of air pollution exposure on blood pressure between 2000...
10:22 AM, May 17, 2010
Wealthier you are, the more damage you do: study. ...
10:52 AM, May 06, 2010
Iceland leads the world in addressing pollution control ...
02:11 PM, Jan 28, 2010
It has been found that Lake has shrunk, become more polluted. ...
10:51 AM, Jan 24, 2010
New Delhi: It's an attempt to record and rank some of the most polluted industrial clusters in the country using scientific indictators. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in collaboration with IIT-Delhi is in the process of developing yardsticks for the industrial clusters across the country. Minister for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh said, "The CPCB and State Pollution Control Board should prepare action plans for the 10 critically polluted...
10:18 AM, Dec 25, 2009
The Government has revised the air quality norms after 15 years. ...
03:45 PM, Nov 19, 2009
Ex-US president Bush calls the Indo-US nuclear deal historic. ...
12:57 PM, Oct 31, 2009
This Diwali was one of the loudest and most polluting across the country. Data recorded shows that despite the numerous campaigns pollutants released were still 3 times higher than permissible limits. ...
02:12 AM, Oct 20, 2009
Even hospitals were not spared with noise levels being the highest. ...
01:33 AM, Oct 20, 2009
New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), on Sunday, released figures of how fire-cracker triggered pollution has affected the air we breathe post Diwali. Firecrackers burst during Diwali celebrations are major contributors to air pollution and sound pollution. Director, CPCB, Dr Santosh D Makhijani said, "Of the nine locations we monitored in Delhi for noise, (we found that) the noise level has gone up at three locations and come...
08:02 AM, Oct 19, 2009
The ship is being seen as a threat to India's marine ecosystem. ...
03:29 PM, Oct 17, 2009
The swine flu virus has claimed 53 lives in Karnataka. ...
02:20 PM, Sep 12, 2009
45 pc land degraded, air pollution increasing in all cities of country. ...
06:19 PM, Aug 11, 2009
High Court order has banned polluting vehicles in Kolkata from August 1. ...
07:51 AM, Aug 03, 2009
Vehicles more than 15 years old will be off Kolkata's roads from July 25. ...
02:41 AM, Jul 09, 2009
Pollution control board has issued notice to 17 hospitals. ...
08:44 PM, Jun 19, 2009
Can ecological sustainability go hand-in-hand with economic progress? ...
02:11 AM, Jun 06, 2009
Other rivers affected include Yellow River, Niger and the Colorado. ...
12:23 AM, Apr 22, 2009
