Discarded medicines are bitter pills for environment
Supposed to be incinerated, but actually they are dumped in water bodies Karnataka is said to generate a whopping 82 tonnes of biomedical waste each day that includes expired, spurious and substandard
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding groundwater pollution by...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doaba Paryavaran Samiti Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 17/05/2016 regarding groundwater pollution by industries in the Districts
View ArticleNGT directs state govt to list industries polluting West UP rivers
MEERUT: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide the list of industries which are said to have contributed to the pollution of rivers and groundwater
View ArticleDeath river claims more fish near Pathalam bund
Kochi: Periyar is turning out to be hell for fish this summer, with the yet another 'kill' reported from the river near Pathalam on Tuesday afternoon. The river has seen frequent incidents of fish kill
View ArticleCanal water for drinking, toxic groundwater for irrigation!
While Punjab is increasingly increasing using canal water for drinking on account of high toxicity in the ground water, it will now pump out this water for irrigation purposes. The new tubewell...
View ArticleFish perish due to water pollution
Fishery Dept says probe to be held, Pollution Control Dept not aware Hundreds of fish have died in local nullahs at Battal Ballian, Dudhar and Barrian in Udhampur district due to excessive water pollution
View ArticleUganda: How Sand Mining Is Destroying Lake Victoria Catchment
The expansive Lwera wetland on Kampala-Masaka Highway, which stretches about 20 kilometres, is a major water catchment area that connects several rivers and wetlands in Gomba, Mpigi and Kalungu districts
View ArticleGlencore zinc mine must be shut down, say traditional owners
The McArthur River mine in the Northern Territory – one of the world’s biggest zinc, lead and silver mines – must shut immediately and owner Glencore must cover the clean-up costs, say traditional owners
View ArticleSouth African Mines to Pay Levy for $760 Million Water Clean-Up
South Africa’s government said operating mines should pay two-thirds of the cost of cleaning up toxic water pollution caused by more than 100 years of mining in Gauteng, the country’s richest province
View ArticleShell Spills Almost 90,000 Gallons Of Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico
The Royal Dutch Shell Company has leaked about 2,100 barrels of oil that involved about 88,200 gallons of crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico last week. The oil slick expands to about 2 miles by 13 miles (3
View ArticleGreat Barrier Reef needs $10bn for chance of survival, scientists say
The 2016 Australian election is the last opportunity to save the Great Barrier Reef, the authors of a new scientific paper have warned. The government needs to commit to $1bn a year for 10 years to
View ArticlePollution in Ganga: NGT summons officials of 31 units in Bijnor
Bijnor: To reduce pollutants in the Ganga, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned officials of 31 industrial units located on the banks of the river in the district. Acting on the directions
View ArticleAfter NGT cracks whip, Nainital dist admin issues closure notices to resorts...
DEHRADUN: A few days after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) acted tough on the Nainital district administration and issued bailable warrants against the district magistrates and other officials for not
View ArticleProvide list of polluting industries in West UP: NGT to UPPCB
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to provide the list of industries which were allegedly polluting ground water in six western districts of the
View ArticleWater in 520 villages in Ramanagaram district found unfit to drink
High fluoride, nitrate content found in samples tested by Health and Family Welfare Department The poor quality of water in Ramanagaram district was reinforced after samples from all 1,180 villages
View ArticleAge-old water management skills score over modern methods
Though major civilizations in the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa (the old world) were found on the banks of major rivers, human beings, over the millennia, have been known to colonize places with
View ArticleWeather fluctuation sees rise in fever cases
Visakhapatnam: First the intense summer heat led to spread of viral fever in the city and now the continuous rains since Tuesday night have escalated these cases by 10 to 15 per cent. The fevers are of
View ArticleBhima river clean-up campaign launched
“The garbage, if not removed, before the onset of monsoon, would have found its way to Bhima river with flow of rain water, thus polluting it,” a DCCIA member said. In line with Prime Minister Narendra
View ArticleStory in numbers: India's groundwater: Contaminated and dying
According to a Central Groundwater Board report as many as 650 cities and towns lie along polluted rivers, which contaminate groundwater About half of India's groundwater is contaminated, according
View ArticleAir and water problems are worsening on a global scale, U.N. says
In a sweeping synthesis of global data, the United Nations Environment Programme has intensively catalogued environmental assaults across the six different major regions of the globe. And it finds that,
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