2011-12-01 19:01:00

U.S. battery maker Johnson Controls is at odds with Shanghai's environmental regulator over tests the company says show it was not responsible for severe lead poisoning cases in children
2011-11-30 14:52:00
The head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species praised on Tuesday a new global initiative launched by the World Bank and the international police organization Interpol to protect the world's last surviving wild tigers.
2011-11-29 19:35:00
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) The Ministry of Environment and Forests had constituted an 'Expert Committee to study the possible impacts of communication towers on wildlife including Birds and Bees' on 30th August 2010 under the chairmanship of Dr Asad Rahmani, Director, Bombay Natural History Society.
2011-11-29 17:35:00
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) The chances of occurrence of reservoir induced seismicity at Tehri dam are minimal. Ministry of Environment & Forests had entrusted a study on Assessment of Cumulative Impact of Hydropower Projects in Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Basins up to Devprayag to the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
2011-11-29 17:23:00
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IBNS) A consultancy project was awarded to IIT, Delhi to prepare a Project Report on the establishment of a National Environment Protection Authority.
2011-11-29 05:15:00
Peru's biggest mining investment is under threat and government social welfare programs with it as highlands peasants step up protests against a gold-and-copper mine they fear could taint and
2011-11-29 02:31:00
Peru's biggest mining investment is under threat and government social welfare plans with it as highlands peasants mobilize against a gold-and-copper mine they fear could taint and diminish their
2011-11-29 00:20:00

Chevron was banned from drilling for oil in Brazil until an investigation into an offshore oil leak at one of the U.S.-based oil company's well sites is completed, regulators said Wednesday.
2011-11-28 16:50:00
The United Nation's top official on climate change, Christiana Figueres, has sounded alarm bells and called for urgent action to halt global warming.
2011-11-27 16:20:00
The stage is set for the annual UN summit on climate change starting Monday at Durban in South Africa but Indian officials and experts are pessimistic about the prospects of a breakthrough that can bring the rich and poor countries on board on the critical subject of global warming.