The Supreme Court has restrained the dismantling of the Norwegian ship, Blue Lady. The ship containing 1,250 tonnes of asbestos docked in July this year at Alang port, Gujarat. The court has
Kenya's Ogiek tribal people, one of the last hunter-gatherer communities in east Africa, have joined Botswana's San people (or Bushmen) in their fight against the government to allow them return to
A Chinese airline is encouraging passengers to use toilets before boarding flights. The effort is to cut down on non-essential fuel use during flights. The Chinese Southern Airlines estimates that
Many species of trees in the Amazon rainforests, and animals that depend on them are disappearing more rapidly than previously thought, an international research team reported recently. Led by
South Korea has begun killing hundreds of fowl, and dogs, cats and pigs in an effort to contain the spread of the deadly h5n1 strain of bird flu. The move came after the country confirmed its
The European Commission recently said it is lodging a complaint with wto over India's import regime for spirits and wines. The commission said India's trade barriers to imports of spirits and wines
Tracking the snow leopard: The life and habits of the elusive snow leopard will no longer be a mystery. For the first time, a team has fitted a snow leopard with a global positioning system (GPS)
The wildlife regulators of California are creating the most extensive network of marine protected areas in the us. Under the regulation, fishing will be banned or severely restricted over stretches
Water from the Guanting reservoir, Beijing's fourth largest drinking source, was not fit for human consumption or irrigation during the month of October, the Chinese capital's environmental
