Environment

Fracking: Condamine River erupts in flames due to methane gas build-up

A video posted by New South Wales Greens party MP Jeremy Buckingham appears to show the Condamine River erupting in flames as a result of methane gas build-up, believed to be caused by nearby fracking. Several gas fracking mines are located in the vicinity of the southern Queensland river in Australia, and gas was reported to be leaking into the water as early as 2012.

Apr 23, 2016

170 countries to create history by signing the Paris climate accord

As top emitters of green house gases, China and the U.S. are expected to ratify and accede to the Paris agreement this year.

Apr 22, 2016

Mahindra & Mahindra becomes first Indian company to join global energy productivity campaign

M&M chairman Anand Mahindra will join world leaders at the climate-change agreement at the United Nations on Friday.

Apr 22, 2016

Faces of Chernobyl: Remembering the tragedy

30 years on, survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster remember how the accident occurred.

Apr 21, 2016

India will sign Paris climate agreement with 149 countries in New York

Consensus on the document took close to four months as developing nations were still negotiating changes in the agreement.

Apr 20, 2016

Greenpeace activists fit gas masks to famous London statues to protest against air pollution

Eight activists of the pro-environment organisation were arrested.

Apr 18, 2016

China: River turns red due to pollution

The Zhongting River has turned red due to high concentration of iron ion and industrial waste, the state-run Xinhua said.

Apr 15, 2016

India may send tigers to Cambodia as part of new resolution

Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Thursday India was "willing to cooperate with any country, which does not have or has lost its tiger population."

Apr 15, 2016

Fire rages at Mumbai's largest dumping ground Deonar for the third day

The fire at the oldest and largest dumping ground in Mumbai broke out Saturday.

Mar 21, 2016

2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami: Time-lapse aerial footage shows rebuilding efforts five years on from disaster

A time-lapse using Google Street View images shows the reconstruction efforts since the natural disaster.

Mar 11, 2016

GE uses CO2 to solve solar energy's biggest drawback

Solving the drawback of energy generated from the sun being hard to store, GE researchers harness the power of CO2.

Mar 10, 2016

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living event exceeds DDA permission: NGT

The future of the event is uncertain as the Art of Living Foundation has been pulled up over environmental damage to Yamuna's banks.

Mar 8, 2016

IMA, activists join hands to tackle 'horn-flu disease' â€” honking on Indian roads

The Indian Medical Association and Mumbai-based Awaaz foundation launched the campaign to raise awareness against honking on roads.

Mar 8, 2016

We were unaware of the scale of Art of Living's festival: DDA tells NGT

The National Green Tribunal pulled up the DDA for letting the huge festival, in which about 35 lakh people are likely to participate, take place on the banks of the Yamuna river.

Mar 3, 2016

Night-time pollution reduced in Delhi; SC-directed measures helped: EPCA

Limiting trucks from entering the national capital has helped in curbing air pollution in New Delhi, the EPCA said on Thursday.

Feb 18, 2016

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