West Virginia Fish Populations Dwindle in Streams Impacted by Mountaintop Mining
Appalachian streams polluted with mountaintop mining runoff have less than half as many fish species as non-impacted streams, according to new U.S. Geological Survey research. The research, announced
View ArticleLead pollution high in Bengal, says Jairam
Bengal has more than 27 highly polluted areas, including one in the heart of the city. An area in Picnic Garden, where used batteries are dumped, has been listed among the worst-affected places of the
View ArticleWest Virginia Chemical Spill Sets Off a Waste Dispute
Six months after a chemical spill fouled a vital West Virginia water supply, a fight is brewing over the tons of waste it left behind. The small city of Hurricane, W.Va., and surrounding Putnam County,
View ArticleRetaining the Ravi water a big challenge: report
LAHORE: A foreign consultancy firm has declared retaining water in the Ravi during winters as one of the biggest challenges to the launch and accomplishment of the Ravi Riverfront Urban Development...
View ArticleDead Sea Drainage Authority reclaiming polluted Nahal Hava
Aiming to revive a riverbed that has been used for decades as an illegal waste dump, the Dead Sea Drainage Authority has embarked upon a restoration plan for Nahal Hava in Mitzpe Ramon, the authority...
View Article‘Red water’ muddies life for Dantewada villagers
Contamination of water by NMDC iron ore mine’s refuse has affected livelihoods Budhram, a farmer of Kadampal village in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, owns five acres of agricultural land and has
View ArticleGreenpeace activists block Chevron shale site in Romania
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the gates of a Chevron shale gas exploration well in eastern Romania on Monday, blocking access to the site and urging the leftist government to ban fracking.
View ArticleOnly concerted effort can help revive Yamuna: Experts
With reckless approach and poor implementation of revitalisation projects virtually turning the Yamuna river into a channel for urban sewerage and untreated industrial effluents, observers believe that
View ArticleTawi cleaning project put off due to shortage of funds
Postponed for 13th Five-Year Plan (2017-21) after missing two deadlines The cleaning of the Tawi river might take years as the state has now decided to wait for the 13th Five-Year Plan (2017-21) to
View ArticleMake Ganga users pay for clean-up: Activists
The 40 crore people who benefit from the Ganga have to be made contributors in its rejuvenation and governance of the water body made transparent if the river is to be saved, activists said on the eve
View ArticleMPCB official appears as witness in criminal case over Godavari pollution
The district court on Saturday interrogated Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) regional officer S Fule, while hearing a criminal case related to the pollution of Godavari filed by activist Rajesh
View ArticleWest Virginia company fined $11K in chemical spill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal agency has fined the company that spilled chemicals into West Virginia's largest water supply $11,000 for a pair of violations. The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and
View ArticleGanga clean-up may cost Rs 80,000 crore'
Gadkari says govt may provide around 30% of cost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious plan for “aviral aur nirmal (continuous and clean)” Ganga may cost a Rs 80,000 crore, Union Minister for Road
View ArticleOceanic litter is widespread
Litter is now found in even the most remote areas of the oceans, say scientists trying to understand how much rubbish is lying at the bottom of Europe's seas. The new study, published in Plos One, shows
View ArticleResearch shows Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused lesions in fish: scientists
Oil that matches the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico has been found in the bodies of sickened fish, according to a team of Florida scientists who studied the oil's chemical composition.
View ArticleEPA management of contaminated sites 'inadequate, inconsistent and...
The Environment Protection Authority's management of contaminated sites in NSW has been criticised as inadequate, inconsistent and lacking transparency in decision making. A report by NSW Auditor-General
View ArticleFurnace oil spill to leave environmental impact
The furnace oil that spilled from the derailed wagons of Bangladesh Railways travelled to arable lands, canals and ponds of nearby areas, jeopardising the eco-system of the area, leaving a negative impact
View ArticleRiver cleaning unit to come under Uma Bharti ministry
This is the first administrative decision by NDA govt after it projected the cleaning of the Ganges as a priority The division overseeing the cleaning of rivers under the ministry of environment and
View ArticleCity gets water from sewage-infested Gomti
Union Min To Gauge Level Of Pollution In River Gomti which supplies around 300 MLD of raw water to Aishbagh and about 120 MLD to Balaganj waterworks daily fulfilling water needs of more than half of...
View ArticleSutlej water quality declining: Study
Untreated sewage, open defecation from project sites and townships, dissolved solids and faecal coliforms (bacteria) have emerged as the largest polluters contributing to the deterioration of the Sutlej
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