India has topped the list of countries with pollution-related deaths in 2015, with 2.51 million people dying prematurely in the country in 2015 due to diseases linked to air, water, and other forms of pollution, according to a recent study published in The Lancet.

The West Bengal government is planning to set up hazardous waste treatment units each at Bantala in South 24-Parganas and at Barjora in Bankura, which could also serve as waste banks.

Goa has become the second state after Kerala to constitute Biodiversity Management Committees in most of its village panchayats.

The first status survey of the 'fauna' in the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary, one of the rarest eco-regions in the world, has commenced.

From handling only 200 tonnes of garbage per day in 2000/01, the Bengaluru city corporation had to deal with 3,700 tonnes in 2015, that is a rise in workload by over 17 times (1,750 per cent).

The world's first off-shore desalination plant would soon be set up in Chennai, for which a deep sea site that is 40 km from the Ennore coast has been finalized.

A geothermal heat source called mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet, a NASA study has found.

The year 2017 will be one of the three hottest years on record, with many high-impact events, including catastrophic hurricanes and floods, debilitating heat waves and drought, says a provisional statement on the State of the Climate released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The Oman Environmental Services Holding Company (Be'ah) is nearing completion for modernization of its waste management operations, including transfer of the existing national infrastructure to international operators.

High exposure to pesticides as a result of living near farmers' fields appears to increase the risk of giving birth to a baby with 'abnormalities' by about 9 per cent.

Zimbabwe is set to receive $52 million funding under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for strengthening biodiversity and ecosystems management and climate-smart landscapes in the mid to lower Zambezi region. The GEF funding is made available in cycles and Zimbabwe was currently utilizing funds received under the Fifth Cycle (2011-2014).

Brazil will reinstate a mining ban in a vast area of the Amazon rainforest. The government announcement is perceived as a victory for environmentalists who feared deforestation.