Arsenic in water: Sonbhadra admn told to form panel
The Allahabad High Court has asked the District Magistrate and Chief Medical Officer of Sonbhadra to form a committee to look into the issue of arsenic contamination of drinking water in several villages
View ArticleCentre to Supreme Court: Ganga will be totally clean by 2018
Ganga will be totally cleaned by 2018, the Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court, which had sought to know whether the government was serious about completing the clean-up exercise during its current
View ArticleSC asks govt. for update on Ganga clean-up projects
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the NDA government if there was any chance of cleaning up the Ganga river during its current term in power. Solicitor-General Ranjit Kumar submitted that a consortium
View ArticleAnnual pollution control targets met: environment ministry
BEIJING -- The Chinese government met several air and water pollution control targets for 2014, said the Ministry of Environmental Protection on Thursday. In 2014, about 7 million vehicles were banned
View ArticleJudge Puts BP's Top Fine at $13.7 Billion for Gulf Oil Disaster; U.S....
BP Plc (BP/) faces a maximum fine of $13.7 billion after a U.S. judge ruled that the company dumped 3.2 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 -- about a quarter less than the U.S. had
View ArticleNGT bars vegetable farming on Yamuna floodplains fearing possibilities of...
In a significant move, the National Green Tribunal has prohibited cultivation of edible crop on the floodplains of Yamuna here, saying the vegetables grown there were “highly contaminated” and their...
View ArticleNGT order to make Delhi drains pollution-free
If the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) judgment on Yamuna and stormwater drains in Delhi is implemented, drains, that are eyesore now, will transform to recreational green spaces. NGT, while pronouncing
View ArticleAurangabad plagued by water contamination
The quality of drinking water supplied in many parts of the district has become a cause of concern with the possibilities of a rise in water-borne diseases from the affected areas. Latest health...
View ArticlePollution: NGT orders joint inspection at steel plant
The National Green Tribunal has directed the central and Uttar Pradesh pollution control boards to jointly inspect Rathi Steel and Power Ltd's plant at Ghaziabad for alleged failure to take steps to...
View ArticleJudge: Dairy pollution threatens Washington valley’s water
SPOKANE, Wash. — A federal judge has ruled that a large industrial dairy in eastern Washington has polluted drinking water through its application, storage and management of manure, in a case that could
View ArticleGuangxi villagers seek government redress for suspected cadmium poisoning
For decades, villagers in a rural area of Guangxi have seen their rice saplings wilt shortly after planting and found soft bones a common ailment. According to court records and interviews, local...
View ArticleEnvironmental hazard: EPA to act against stone-crushing units
LAHORE: The district officer for Environment has been directed to take action against stone-crushing factories that are yet to implement orders of an Environment Tribunal passed in 2012. The decision was
View ArticleFinal reckoning looms for BP in Deepwater Horizon case
Five years after the Gulf of Mexico disaster, oil company faces a fine of up to $13.7bn as Judge Carl Barbier begins assessment This Tuesday, close to five years after an explosion on the Deepwater
View ArticleOil Spills Into Yellowstone River After Montana Crude Pipe Leak
Oil pumped in the Bakken leaked from a pipeline into the Yellowstone River near Glendive in Montana on Saturday. The 12-inch crude line is shut, according to Bill Salvin, an outside spokesman for True
View ArticleNo one takes charge of Hindon as filth flows in it
GHAZIABAD: While the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the dumping of construction waste and religious items into the Yamuna in the national capital, there is no clarity yet on which agency will
View ArticleDiarrhoea outbreak in Mataur
Around 300 persons including children and women of a locality are said to have been suffering from diarrhoea at Mataur village, located in Sector 70, Mohali. Though the medical authorities are yet to...
View ArticlePolluted water destroying Sultanpur
The death of birds that led to Sultanpur National Park shutting down on January 10 may not have been caused by avian flu, but ecologists say they are symptomatic of a deeper malaise affecting the...
View ArticleChalk out month-wise plan to clean Khan, Sarawati rivers: NGT tells IMC
Taking Indore Municipal Corporation to task over delay in cleaning Khan and Saraswati rivers, National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now directed the civic body to chalk out a monthly plan for cleaning,...
View ArticleNo carcinogen in Gr Noida groundwater, NGT told
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday that it had not found any carcinogenic substance in groundwater samples taken from villages in
View ArticleCity’s eco status report is copy of earlier version
Nagpur: The city's environmental status report (ESR) 2013-14, meant to be submitted to the state government, may turn out to be a massive embarrassment for the civic body despite inordinate delay in...
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