Rashtrapati Bhavan got its own sewage treatment plant on June 8, 2015, when President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the facility that will process 20 lakh litres per day.

A study by the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has shown that 54 per cent of lakes in Bengaluru have been encroached upon for construction activities and turned into garbage dump yards.

Although India is set to become a water scarce country by 2025 due to demand–supply mismatch, the water sector is expected to see an investment of USD 13 billion  from overseas players in the next few years.

Scientists and taxonomists of the country have discovered 349 new species of flora and fauna in the past one year—173 species and genera of plants and 176 species of animals.

Himachal Pradesh has successfully sold its sequestered carbon through plantations and has earned a financial incentive of Rs.1.93 crore as first installment from the Government of Spain for implementing climate change mitigation project under Kyoto Protocol.

Air pollution from respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) could be responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 premature deaths in Delhi—up to 80 deaths each day.

With rising summer temperatures across Alaska, white spruce tree growth in Interior Alaska has declined to record low levels, while the same species in Western Alaska is growing better than ever before.

Weak spatial planning and law enforcement, land tenure problems, and a lack of transparency in licensing were some of the issues highlighted in an annual report on forest governance.

Microsoft has taken its big data analysis to China, with computing models that can forecast the air quality across 41 cities in the country.

California state regulators have ordered farmers and others to reduce their water consumption, with the largest cuts in the state’s history.

Seven new species of miniature frog, smaller than bumblebees, have been discovered clinging to survival on isolated mountaintops in Brazil.

By the end of this century, the landscape around Mount Everest may drastically change. As the planet continues to warm, the Everest region of Nepal could lose most of its glaciers, according to a study published in the journal The Cryosphere.

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