Full Coverage: Environment

31.07.2007 New Delhi based organisation Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), announces a five-day refresher workshop on how to use the environment to eradicate poverty in rural India, from 19-23 November, 2007 at the Anil Agarwal Green College New Delhi 110062, India.

30.07.2007 CMS, a Delhi based research and advocacy organisation is coordinating a film festival on environment and wildlife documentaries – 4th CMS VATAVARAN- Environment and Wildlife Film Festival to promote space for environment issues in the public media. The festival is slated for from 12 to 16 September 2007 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

26.07.2007 BOSTON, Jul 25 (IPS) - A U.S. health agency has made research subjects of people in tiny Mossville, Louisiana by repeatedly monitoring dangerously high levels of dioxin in their blood while doing nothing to get the community out of harm's way, residents say.

26.07.2007 The former project manager of SS Norway (Blue Lady) has submitted an evidence which reveals that the toxic ship-for-scrap renamed Blue Lady and currently anchored 4000 feet off Alang coast has radioactive material on board in at least 5500 fire detection points.

23.07.2007 With all the three existing landfills in the National Capital Territory of Delhi running out of capacity and the Delhi Government announcing new sites for fresh landfills, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), a nodal environmental body, said landfills were not a solution for the capital city's solid waste crisis.

20.07.2007 A newsletter - Contaminated Irrigation Water and Food Safety for the Urban and Peri-Urban Poor - has been published by Toxics Link which talks about the shortage of fresh water and the use of wastewater for irrigation purpose.

19.07.2007 K Srinivas, Climate and Energy Expert, Greenpeace, reacts to the recent leak from JapanÂ’s nuclear plant and says nuclear energy is not the answer to IndiaÂ’s power crisis. Clean and renewable energy sources need to be developed to combat global warming.

19.07.2007 Government policy makers, private sector leaders, academics and representatives of NGOs from the Asia-Pacific region are meeting together in Seoul to focus on how the region can best mitigate the impacts of climate change.

17.07.2007 A US study reveals that amphibians, known for their resilience, are at a risk because of climate change. The study talks of a complex link between climate change, radiation exposure and amphibian morbidity and is concerned about the worldwide decline of amphibians due to global environmental changes.

16.07.2007 In a major breakthrough for anti-mercury campaigners across the globe, particularly in Europe, it is now official that mercury-based barometers will be on the list of banned products that contain the deadly neurotoxin, in the backdrop of the recent European Parliament vote seeking to place a complete ban on its trade by 2010.

15.07.2007 Climate experts say 2007 will be the second warmest year on record since the 1860s. Current floods in Pakistan and heat waves in China and Greece may be signs of further disruptions caused by global warming. The warmest year on record so far has been 1998.

13.07.2007 The Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World's Greatest Challenges illustrates the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through world maps, tables, graphs, text and photographs. The 37th World Bank edition draws on the data of development indicators and promises to be more comprehensive than its earlier editions.

12.07.2007 The Jal Biradari that consists of water campaignersÂ’ across India has appealed to the Indian President to stop the construction of the Commonwealth games village on the bed of river Yamuna and relocate it to another site. Construction of buildings on the riverbed will harm the river and deplete drinking water.

11.07.2007 Greenpeace is campaigning to get the Indian government to take steps to mitigate climate change. Rising temperatures will lead to frequent and acute weather conditions, it warns, citing the recent rains in Mumbai city.

11.07.2007 AFPRO (Action For Food Production) is holding a workshop on Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Natural Resource Management on 20th July 2007, AFPRO, New Delhi, India.

06.07.2007 As global concerts raise the profile of climate protection among viewers on all seven continents this weekend, some 10,000 "satellite" events are expected to bring millions of individuals into the action to help stop climate change.

04.07.2007 CSE to train teachers on Green Schools Programme Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is organising
Green Schools Programme Teachers' Training, for teachers, and
concerned citizens which will help them to understand the effective implementation of environment education. The training is on July 24-July 25, 2007 CSE, New Delhi, India.

03.07.2007 WASHINGTON, Jul 3 (OneWorld) - The growth of cities will be the single largest influence on human society in the 21st century, according to a new United Nations report, which argues that urbanization can be a much more powerful force for positive change than many currently believe.

02.07.2007 The Supreme court of India has allowed the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) to subsidise five waste-to-energy plants. But concerned environmental groups feel that the government is taking this decision of the apex court as an approval for all waste-to-energy technologies.

02.07.2007 Many groups have protested against Coca-Cola at the New World Of Coke museum in Atlanta, USA, over the company's abuse of human rights and environment. The campaign was endorsed by a large number of groups participating in the US Social Forum.