WHO bans smoking in indoor workplaces

Russia sets rules for carbon credits

Saving Amazon rainforests

SC for socialism

GM crops: Here to stay

The Indian government is dead keen on GM crops. But what about a policy first?

UN adopts declaration on rights of indigenous people

Florida's draft motor rules

California lifts kangaroo goods ban

US signs new energy law

Pure myth

When was the last time you drank water straight from the tap at your house to slake thirst on a hot summer day, without hesitation. Chances are …

Israel-Lebanon conflict has not spared marine life

California approves emissions cut, sidelines Bush

EU bill will bring 30,000 chemicals under the scanner

South Asia

German sets ambitious climate target

Pesticides in our food

There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. …

Pro-industry food safety and standards bill does not address safety concerns

"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun." -- George Orwell in his 1937 novel The Road …

United Colours of Industry

Of all dyes produced across the world, 11 per cent goes out as effluents. 2 per cent from manufacturing and as much as 9 per cent from colouring. …

IN COURT

US Environmental Protection Agency allows organophosphates

France for a green revolution

In Court

EU's REACH regulation evokes controversy

European Parliament backs new law to create flood combating systems

2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg