Environment reform also key
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform mandate may also extend to environment policy if his ruling coalition secures a decisive victory in the July 29 Upper House election, according to a leading
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Recycling report shows mixed results
Recycling of four materials covered under a container-recycling law increased in 2000, but recycling of paper products and plastic containers lagged in their first year as only a limited number of
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30 more bodies found in Mansehra
Thirty more bodies were recovered from the flood-hit rural parts of Mansehra district and along the Seron and Indus Rivers on Tuesday. Some 5,000 troops besides rescue workers from the Edhi Welfare
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Planned new incinerator has locals fuming
Another environmental controversy is smoldering along the shores of Lake Biwa (Japan) over a proposed incinerator that will handle 300 tons of industrial and household waste daily. On July 7,
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Haphazard dumping of garbage continues in Ambattur Municipality
Garbage strewn in vast areas and choking the stormwater drains of the New Ambattur Industrial Estate Road in Chennai, the main thoroughfare leading to the Estate reveals the 'gross neglect of civic
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Understanding biodiversity
Due to the high deforestation rates and anthropogenic pressures on these forests, it is expected that atleast 20 per cent of the tropical forest species could go extinct by 2022. Reflecting these
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J & K forest officials warned for shahtoosh trade
The Jammu and Kashmir high court issued a contempt notice on Tuesday to the secretary of forest and environment department of Jammu and Kashmir for the department's failure to implement a ban on the
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Tiger: Dim future
Forget the distant past, or the early part of the century, when there were more than 60,000 tigers roaming India's vast expanses of jungle. Between 1989 and 2000 alone, the population of tiger has
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'Oxygen level was normal in stadium lake'
The initial report of the samples taken from the lake behind Indira Gandhi Stadium show that the level of dissolved oxygen was within normal parameters, Delhi Environment Minister A.K. Walia said
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U.S. at odds with Europe over rules on world drug pricing
Before the United Nations has even raised up to $10 billion for its new fund to fight AIDS, the Bush administration and the European Union are engaged in a behind-the- scenes struggle over how that
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US EPA seeks public comment for new arsenic standard
The US Environmental Protection Agency yesterday asked for public comment through Oct. 31 on a new arsenic-in-tap-water standard before it decides the issue early next year. "EPA today is requesting
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HC admits writ on mining in Kudremukh
The High Court today admitted a public interest writ petition challenging the action of Karnataka State government which had denotified an area of 3,703.55 hectare of the Kudremukh National Park
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Digging disaster
More than anything, it is the unequivocal support of voluntary organisations and almost all political parties to the anti-mining campaign in the Kudremukh hills that has cheered the "Tunga Bhadra
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Ontario 4th-worst polluter on continent
Ontario is the fourth-worst polluter in Canada and the U.S. in direct releases to the environment, the annual report by the NAFTA environmental agency says. Ontario ranked behind the states of Ohio,
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Steps planned to stop garbage flow into harbour
Fisheries authorities will take up the issue of constant flow of garbage from the Lyari river into the Karachi harbour with KMC and KPT officials, to find out a mechanism for lifting of the garbage,
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Coasts and islands facing era of strong hurricanes
The Atlantic Seaboard and the Caribbean face 10 to 40 years of stronger and more frequent hurricanes, a new analysis of weather data shows. As a result, crowded coastlines and islands are confronted
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Etna erupts, threatens Italian towns
Sicily's Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, continued to spew lava on Friday, promoting authorities to warn people in nearby towns of the possibility of evacuation. Emergency authorities are
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Child welfare scheme included in 10th Plan
The Integrated Child development Services programme is to be universalised by the first year of the 10th Plan. The department of Women and Child Development aims to extend ICDS to 5,000 blocks, from
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Water everywhere, few boats to deliver scant relief
The flood situation in Orissa remained critical today with all major rivers in the Mahanadi basin flowing above the danger level. Excess water released from the Hirakud Dam yesterday could not flow
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Fund pledged by G8 to fight Aids seen as 'inadequate'
The world's richest countries formally launched a new fund to fight AIDS in Genoa, but divisions remained over how it should be administered and health charities said the amount pledged was