Yangtze conservation work making progress cleaning up chemical firms
Over the past three years, Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co Ltd has shut down about one-third of its production capacity and four chemical waste discharge flues along the Yangtze River. The moves are
View ArticleNGT directs Uttarakhand, U.P. to display Ganga water quality
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Boards to display the water quality of the Ganga at all strategic locations on a monthly basis, to indicate
View ArticleThe cost of coastal zone degradation in West Africa
Beyond the shattered lives, the harsh consequences of erosion, pollution and flooding are very costly to Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Togo. A new World Bank study reveals in economic terms the cost
View ArticleKenya prioritizes reservoirs to reverse water scarcity
Kenya is prioritizing the construction of reservoirs in order to reverse water scarcity, officials said on Wednesday. Joseph Irungu, principal secretary of the Ministry of Water and Sanitation told
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding air and water pollution caused...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item published in “The Times of India” Authored by Paras Singh titled “Ignoring NGT orders, Mayapuri ‘graveyard’
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution in Kali Nadi,...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doaba Paryavaran Samiti Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 15/03/2019. The issue for consideration is the remedial measures for the...
View ArticleGujarat Pollution Control Board joint report found groundwater worse than...
A report of groundwater pollution in Luna village accessed by an environment NGO has once again pointed to the alarming rate of groundwater contamination in the industrial belt in Padra in Vadodara.
View ArticleAntibiotic resistant bacteria found in river water
Antibiotic resistance appears to be spreading in the environment. A new study has found a large number of bacteria which are resistant to commonly used antibiotics in stretches of river Ganga. Residues
View ArticleGuj govt tweaked Central water quality norms: Suresh Mehta
Politician turned activist Suresh Mehta Monday alleged the Gujarat government has tweaked water purity standards, as a result of which more than four crore people in the state are forced to drink...
View ArticleOver 400 Panipat dyeing units extract groundwater illegally
Only 4 industrial set-ups have permission to undertake activity An RTI query has brought out that only four dyeing units out of about 400 have a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Central Ground
View ArticleWater, air pollution topmost priority for city voters: Survey
Noise pollution, better hospitals next two choices of residents Unlike many other states/UTs where better employment is the highest voters’ priority during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, water and air
View ArticleMedicine, personal care products may pollute rivers, seas
Traces of the medicine and personal care products are winding up in the rivers, lakes, and oceans through sewage, potentially affecting aquatic environments, scientists say. Researchers from Rutgers
View ArticleHaryana distillery under CPCB’s scanner for polluting Yamuna
New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board has issued show-cause notice to a distillery operating in Karnal, Haryana over untreated effluents being dumped in the river. A joint inspection by the apex
View ArticleCurb pollution in storm water drains: green tribunal
Noida authority, Uttar Pradesh pollution board directed to take necessary steps Following a plea seeking directions to control pollution in storm water drains in Noida, the National Green Tribunal (NGT)
View ArticleRename nullahs, they were once rivers: Expert
Kolhapur: Water expert Rajendra Singh, who has helped villagers in Rajasthan manage local water resources and won the Magsaysay award in 2001 for community leadership, said on Wednesday that the...
View ArticleNGT panel visits polluted Doaba water bodies
Issues Apr 10 deadline for disposal of effluents; erring officials to face action A week after the first meeting of the monitoring committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), members
View ArticleConcern over rising pollution in Beas
River bears brunt due to poor waste disposal management in Kullu district Environmentalists have raised concern over the rising pollution in the Beas in Kullu district because of dumping of waste material
View ArticleSurface water quality up to standard after chemical plant blast
The quality of surface water near a site of a deadly blast has reached safe standards, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment spokesperson Liu Youbin said Thursday. The ministry has sent 49 experts
View ArticleNigeria: Contaminated Lands, Water- New Major Inquiry Into Oil Spills in...
A major new inquiry into oil companies operating in the Niger Delta has been launched by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu. The probe will investigate "environmental and human damage" in Nigeria's vast
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding a waste disposal dump yard set...
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Arvind Baniyal Vs State of Uttarakhand dated 29/03/2019 regarding a waste disposal dump yard set up on the bank of river Khoh at Village Ratanpur,
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