Boyan Slat's high school project raises millions to clean up...
What began as a Dutch teen's high school project could make history, with Boyan Slat's low-cost, innovative Ocean Cleanup project aiming to clear the ocean of millions of tons of plastic. Lourens Boot
View ArticleFunding problems hit plan to clean Rio's polluted waterways ahead of...
A consortium of Dutch government, NGOs and businesses has proposed solutions to Guanabara Bay’s pollution. But cash-strapped Brazil can’t pay With the Olympic Games just months away, Rio de Janeiro
View ArticleAward for Doon professor researching effect of pollution on aquatic life
DEHRADUN: It was hard work acknowledged for Preeti Handa Kakkar, a Doon professor who recently bagged the "Young scientist award" for her work presented on how fish health and aquatic life is disturbed
View ArticleEight central ministries join hands for the ambitious clean Ganga mission
Seeking to use different arms of the government in pursuing the gigantic task of Ganga cleaning, the Union water resources ministry has signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) with seven...
View ArticlePPCB faces heat from its own member
JALANDHAR: Environmentalist and Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) member Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal has criticized the working of the board for failing to meet its mandate on stopping flow of dirty
View ArticleExplore alternative cremation, NGT tells Centre
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Union environment ministry and the Delhi government to initiate programmes to provide alternative modes of cremation of human remains, saying the traditional
View ArticlePharmaceuticals May be Leeching into Waterways and Causing Havoc with Ecosystems
There may be a global change that's causing increasing disruption-and that change is pharmaceuticals. Scientists have found that residues of medicines in water can kill aquatic animals and play havoc with
View ArticlePolluting the water: Boating in Rawal Lake continues unchecked
ISLAMABAD: Boating in Rawal Lake, which has been declared illegal due to its polluting effect continues unchecked. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) responsible to control the illegal activity
View ArticleRise in cancer cases due to lifestyle, pollution
On the eve of World Cancer Day, health experts blamed increasing urbanisation, lifestyle changes, high levels of industrial and environmental pollution and inadvertent entry of chemicals in the human food
View ArticleMPCB refutes NMMC’s Vashi creek water study
NAVI MUMBAI: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has crossed swords with NMMC over its report on the high level of chemical pollutants in the Vashi creek. The apex pollution regulatory authority
View ArticleNGT imposes Rs 30 lac fine on U'khand unit for polluting Ganga
Cracking the whip on an industrial unit in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal today imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on it for discharging effluent directly into the drains joining river Ganga.
View ArticleIllegal Mining Costs Colombia 13 Billion Liters of Water a Year
BOGOTA – The Colombian national ombudsman’s office said that even as the Andean nation suffers a drought, illegal mining activity annually contaminates 13 billion liters (3.4 billion gallons) of water
View ArticleHouse passes bill requiring EPA actions on lead-laced water
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday easily passed a bill requiring federal environmental regulators to act faster when lead contamination is found in drinking water. The bill passed 416-2.
View ArticleConcretizing banks of water bodies a bad move: Experts
Panaji: Impact of concretization of lakes, nullahs and water bodies by state agencies under beautification and flood protection schemes needs to be studied, as it adversely affects aquatic life,...
View ArticleBawankule does a U-turn on Vena River pollution
Nagpur: Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule seems to have lost his zeal for reducing pollution of water bodies in the district. After first refusing to accept the clean chit given to industries
View ArticleResidents, civil society challenge MPCB report
NAVI MUMBAI: The Citizens Welfare Association and the civil society have cited the NMMC 2014-2015 environment status report (ESR) on Vashi creek findings against the MPCB stand of questioning the NMMC
View ArticleNGT forms panel to look into units polluting Ganga
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has set up a committee to look into the grossly polluting industries located along the banks of the Ganga and inform it about the quantum of sewage they were discharging
View ArticleExperts to submit Rankala report on March 3
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) will submit the experts' report on Rankala Lake pollution on March 3. Last month, the two experts from the Gujarat-based Maharaja Sayajirao University visited the lake,
View ArticleHuda acts on NGT prod on Yamuna
Gurgaon: After issuing notices to developers for connecting sewerage lines with the stormwater drainage network, Huda is now set to install a volume-measuring device in the drainage line as well as the
View ArticleShimla, Solan under Hepatitis-E threat, all water samples fail test
The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has again sent alarm bells ringing in Shimla and Solan. Eight water samples taken from Ashwani Khud water treatment plants in both cities and the Malyana
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