Medha Patkar of the Narmada Bachao Andolan continues her fast in the intensive care unit of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (aiims), New Delhi. She has been fasting since March 29,
Argentines protesting against two pulp mill projects in Uruguay ended weeks-long road blockades as the two countries begin negotiations on the environmental safety of the plants. The
Threatened hardwood from Southeast Asia is landing up as flooring in the us with illegal trade going unchecked, says a report of the Washington-based Environmental Investigation Agency (eia). us
The Palena local government in Chilean Patagonia recently ordered the navy to remove all breeding cages of industrial salmon illegally placed by Pacific Star Salmon Company in Chaiten village. The
Even as fire-fighters battled to control a recent fire at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui, Japan, a Japanese court for the first time ordered the suspension of another operating nuclear reactor
New alternative testing methods, which will reduce the need for testing certain drugs and chemicals on animals, were recently approved by a scientific committee. The Scientific Advisory Committee
Farmers in Kenya have demanded that the government should force tobacco companies to give them protective clothing since they risked contracting lung and skin diseases. The lack of aprons, nose-masks
The Supreme Court of India recently asked the Union environment and forest secretary to explain the government's failure to implement its 1996 directive measures on sludge removal. These measures
A us federal court recently ordered Google to hand over some search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the us government, although a request to hand over a list of people's search requests
China recently introduced a 5 per cent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, in a bid to conserve its forests. Millions of trees and bamboo plants are cut every year in China to produce 45 billion
