Environment

SC refuses to revisit verdict in Bhopal gas disaster case

11 May 2011

Delivering the judgment for the constitution bench, Chief Justice Kapadia said that after the 1996 verdict, the accused could not be tried under more stringent provisions of the law without any basis

Nirma’s cement project must relocate, says MoEF

11 May 2011

A public interest litigation filed by local farmers demanding the closure of the Nirma cement plant project is listed for final orders before the apex court on Friday

UK climate panel calls for more nuclear power

09 May 2011

Travel hazards: two studies start to map pollutant threats to turtles

09 May 2011

Vatican science panel calls attention to the threat of glacial melt

07 May 2011

Storm over Ramesh's claim on pressures to condone violations

07 May 2011

Ramesh's candid but unexpected admission of pressure to overlook instances of environmental violations came at a  conference on sustainable development in the capital

Sugarcane cools climate after deforestation

07 May 2011

UK marine energy market estimated at at £76 billion

05 May 2011

Supreme Court stays operations of 19 Karnataka mines

29 Apr 2011

Daimler introduces green car rental service

29 Apr 2011

Cabinet clears World Bank assistance to clean up Ganga

28 Apr 2011

Aviva takes top spot on greenhouse gas list

26 Apr 2011

Reactive nitrogen in forest soils yield greenhouse gases

21 Apr 2011

India to sign Nagoya Protocol on biodiversity sharing

20 Apr 2011

Extent of damage from Gulf of Mexico oil spill still uncertain

18 Apr 2011

Orissa to ‘study’ MoEF order on Posco before acting

16 Apr 2011

Jaitapur nuclear plant to go ahead, insists Ramesh

16 Apr 2011

Japan's northeast jolted again by strong quake

11 Apr 2011

Japan to stop dumping radioactive water into sea

09 Apr 2011

India all set to map its coastal hazard line

08 Apr 2011

Biodiversity improves water quality in streams through a division of labour

08 Apr 2011

Strong quake hits Japan's northeast, raises tsunami fears

07 Apr 2011

The underwater quake, which hit 66 km off the east of Sendai, a city severely impacted by the 11 March quake and tsunami, jolted the Miyagi prefecture, 118 km north of Fukushima.

Algae remove strontium from nuclear waste

05 Apr 2011

Strontium 90, a major waste component, is one of the more dangerous radioactive fission materials created within a nuclear reactor, and is chemically very similar to calcium and thus is drawn to our bones

Direct steam generation, storage provides better performance for solar thermal power plants

02 Apr 2011

Cold weather raised UK greenhouse gas emissions last year

01 Apr 2011