Water in 718 villages found to be contaminated
NAGPUR: Zilla Parishad's water quality programme has revealed that water in 718 villages in the district was contaminated while water in 350 villages was without fluoride and reports of remaining villages
View Article200 dead fish found floating in Uran pond
NAVI MUMBAI: Villagers of Jambhulpada in Uran taluka were shocked to find over 200 dead fish floating in a local pond on Tuesday morning. There was also a bluish-colour substance seen floating in the...
View ArticleIndonesia faces environmental time bomb after coal bust
Thousands of mines are closing in Indonesia’s tropical coal belt as prices languish and seams run dry. But almost none of the companies have paid their share of billions of dollars owed to repair the...
View ArticleWhat’s in your water? Flint and beyond: analysis of EPA data reveals...
New report says Flint water crisis is not an anomaly, as analysis reveals 5,363 water systems – providing drinking water to 18 million – breached federal laws. More than 18 million Americans are served
View ArticleHindon revival plan banks on bamboo plants, ponds
Noida: The district administration of Gautam Budh Nagar has submitted an action plan for the revival of the Hindon, to the UP state government. The report, which was submitted last week, includes...
View ArticleZoo inmates bear the brunt of polluted water
Hyderabad: The month of May claimed three more lives at the Nehru Zoological Park. A barking deer, a spotted deer and a swamp deer fell victim to the adverse impact of highly polluted water of the...
View ArticleNational Green Tribunal to hear plea on Rankala pollution today
Kolhapur: The Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) will hear the petition about pollution in the Rankala lake on Friday. The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has already submitted an
View ArticleRwanda champions buffer zones for water quality protection
After nearly three decades of depending on silted water from Lake Cohoha in southern Rwanda, Mukahigiro Davita, one of the residents living in the villages along the banks of this lake, now fetches water
View ArticleBHP says will fight $6 billion claim over Samarco disaster
BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) (BLT.L) on Friday said it would appeal against the decision by a Brazilian court to reinstate a $6 billion public civil claim over last year's Samarco iron ore mine disaster. BHP
View ArticleFormosa unit offers $500 million for causing toxic disaster in Vietnam
One of the biggest environmental disasters to hit Vietnam was caused by a unit of a Taiwanese conglomerate leaking toxic waste into the sea, the Hanoi government said on Thursday, ending months of mystery
View ArticleIn Etah, hand pump spews 'black' fluid
Agra: Pravesh Kumar, a resident of Mazra Nagla Gadaria village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, could not believe his eyes when a hand pump near his house suddenly started spewing a black coloured fluid,
View ArticleBooming tech used to contain oil spill from Qing
VASCO: In order to reduce the gravity of the sludge oil spill that has started seeping out from the cruise liner M V Qing grounded at Western India Shipyard Limited (WISL) premises, the Mormugao Port...
View ArticleOlympic Sailors Complain About Pollution at Rio Venue
RIO DE JANEIRO—A new pollution problem has surfaced in Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Sailors complained Monday about an oil slick that turned white boats brown
View ArticlePlastic waste dumped in UK seas 'carried to Arctic within two years'
Plastic waste found on the beach at Sarstangen on Prince Carls Forland, on the west coast of Svalbard, Norway. Plastic dumped into the seas around the UK is carried to the Arctic within two years,
View ArticleNew law to expedite Namami Gange
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday decided to have an exclusive central law on the country's national river to speed up the process of its rejuvenation through effectively implementing the ambitious 'Namami
View ArticleEven we are scared of drinking water: NGT judge on Arsenic menace in West Bengal
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Zone Bench, on Monday, expressed concern over the lackadaisical attitude of the West Bengal government in checking Arsenic menace in the state. On March
View ArticleHaifa oil spill prompts warnings to avoid nearby beaches
While the work was being done off the coast of the city’s Kiryat Haim neighborhood, a boat carrying out the dismantling process accidentally damaged one of the pipes, causing the remaining oil contained
View ArticleHyderabad: 15 in hospital due to drinking ‘yellow’ water
Chilkalguda, Lallaguda rail quarters hit. Hyderabad: More than 150 residents from the Chilkalguda and Lallaguda railway quarters, including 40 children fell ill after drinking contaminated water. The
View ArticleKMC drafts plan to address river pollution
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has drafted a time-bound plan to arrest sewage water flowing into the Panchganga river leading to its pollution. The plan was drafted after the state environment
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of water bodies in...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Meera Shukla Vs. Municipal Corporation, Gorakhpur & Others dated 06/07/2016 regarding pollution of water bodies in Gorakhpur due to indiscriminate
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