The fact that grant funding for the Global Environmental Facility has increased from $2 billion in the last phase to 2.75 billion this time shows that the donor countries have faith in the ability
Delhi's lungs are shrinking and that too, at a phenomenal pace. Cited as the only hope for preserving Delhi's environment, the ridge is depleting at the rate of one per cent per year, according to a
The World's Bank's role within the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the only multilaterial financing mechanism for environmental projects , has been sharply criticised in the first study of GEF's
Water Resources Minister Abdur Razzak said the country was getting more Ganges water this year compared to the last year. Quoting expert opinions regarding the availability of water at the Hardinge
For the next six weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency may promulgate the most sweeping anti-insecticide regulations in U.S. industry. If it does, billions of dollars worth of crops may be lost
Six months after American Home Products Corp. recalled Redux over safety concerns, the company is releasing new data suggesting that the diet pill is far less dangerous than previously thought. Last
A report released by International Rivers Network documents the severe and uncompensated impacts which the Theun-Hinboun Dam in Laos has had upon the livelihoods of thousands of local people. The
The European Court of Justice slammed shut the door for individuals and public interest groups to defend environmental interests threatened or harmed by EU institutions, such as the European
At least 12 people are feared to have been killed with the roofs of two abandoned mines at Nirsa and Bermo caving in yesterday afternoon. The mines belonged to Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) and
The "politics of water", as some irrigation experts in Sachivalaya put it, has played havoc with the people of Saurashtra-Kutch and north Gujarat regions of the state. With every change of guard in
