Panel studies draft bill on Ganga pollution
NEW DELHI: Stepping up its efforts to finalise details of the proposed law on Ganga, a government's expert panel on Tuesday deliberated on finer points of the draft National River Ganga (Rejuvenation,
View ArticleWater in 29 of 30 districts polluted; CAG says testing labs suspect
BENGALURU: Groundwater in 29 out of 30 districts in the state is contaminated by one pollutant or the other but don't trust a quality testing laboratory to give you the accurate picture. The comptroller
View ArticleThe most neglected threat to public health in China is toxic soil
TANG DONGHUA, a wiry 47-year-old farmer wearing a Greenpeace T-shirt, smokes a cigarette and gesticulates towards his paddy fields in the hills of southern Hunan province. The leaves of his rice plants
View ArticleVillages seek tankers due to polluted water sources
PUNE: Villages located on the outskirts of the city along the baby canal have demanded that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) supply fresh drinking water through tankers. Residents claim that polluted
View ArticleSewage and filth leaves Upper Lake gasping
Bhopal:Upper Lake considered to be the lifeline of the state capital is dying a slow death. A large part of the city's sewage, chemical and toxic waste finds its way into the millennia old water body,
View ArticleAction Plan for Abatement of pollution of Critically Polluted Area i.e...
After analyzing the Environmental Status of 88 Industrial Clusters selected in the country, Central Pollution Control Board in consultation with the Ministry of Environment & Forests has identified 43
View ArticleHyderabad lake goes Bellandur way, toxic foam can gush into taps
HYDERABAD: After Bengaluru's Bellandur and Varthur lakes gained notoriety for spewing toxic foam, Hyderabad's Ramakrishnapuram Lake (RK Puram lake) near Neredmet too seems to be choking with pollution.
View ArticleToxic floodwater in Taloja MIDC rings alarm bells
NAVI MUMBAI: The first downpour of this monsoon created panic in Taloja MIDC on Sunday morning after rainwater spilling from a choked nullah close to Kasadi river was found to be mixed with a hazardous
View ArticleUganda: Govt Fears Fish Export Ban Over Pollution
Kampala — The next time you buy fish from the market it might contain harmful traces of mercury, the environmental watchdog, National Environment Management Authority (Nema) has warned in a new report.
View ArticleSA called to join Clear Rivers Campaign
Pretoria - The Department of Water and Sanitation has called on all South Africans and visitors in the country to join in on the Clear Rivers Campaign during the Month of July. The annual campaign follows
View ArticleHalf of water samples fail test in Muktsar district
The results of the water samples tested by the health authorities in Muktsar district show that the residents here are at a risk of contracting waterborne diseases. Of the total 45 water sample reports
View ArticleIT to bring transparency in pollution control efforts, says Environment...
There is a need to clear the "pollution of corruption" in addition to addressing air and water pollution, Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said today as he stressed the need for using information...
View ArticleSixteen Deaths Due To Water Contamination: Andhra Pradesh officials spread...
Finding that there were not enough medicines at the health centres in the mandal to meet an emergency, the government has lifted the cap on storing medicines at PHCs, and with community health workers.
View ArticleThird of seabirds in North Sea suffering 'widespread breeding...
More than a third of seabirds in the North Sea and about a quarter of those in the Celtic Seas have suffered from “widespread breeding failure”, according to a new report. Marine birds are used as a
View ArticleEthiopia: Rescuing Lake Hawassa in Full Swing
Following the ecological threat of Hawassa Lake, which is a habitat for enormous aquatic animals and a livelihood for a number of people, stakeholders are striving to rescue the lake from drying. Indeed,
View ArticleMinistry of Environment, FAO sign agreement for sustainable management of...
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) on Tuesday, signed a Technical Cooperation Project (TCP) agreement with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for enhancing
View ArticleAmazon's billion dollar gold rush leaves trail of toxins
Holding a plastic bottle of toxic mercury with his bare hands on an illegal gold mining barge in the Amazon basin, the 22-year-old miner says he is well aware of the dangers of the job. In shorts and
View ArticleAmnesty International to enlist digital volunteers to track oil spills in...
Amnesty International says it is seeking to enlist digital activists to help track oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Amnesty, in a press release on Monday, called the project “Decode
View ArticleNGT demands to know of steps against Ganga pollution
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the ministries of environment and power to apprise it about the steps taken by thermal power plants to avoid discharge of effluents and fly ash around
View ArticleZimbabwe: Mooted Mercury Ban Threatens $1bn Gold Sector
The country's $1 billion gold production sector is under threat from the Minamata Convention that seeks to ban the use of mercury, a major chemical used by artisanal miners to trap the mineral from ore.
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