NGT directs pollution control body to inspect industries in Greater Noida
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to inspect and initiate action against polluting industries in the
View ArticleA round-the-world scientific expedition will use drones to study plastic...
Race for the Water, a Swiss marine research expedition focused on plastic pollution, last week announced its plan to collect and analyze samples of plastic found on the world’s most remote island beaches.
View ArticleNigeria: Representatives Summon AGIP Over 2006 Oil Spill
The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned Italian oil giant- AGIP, found culpable in the 2006 oil spillage in Delta State to appear before its committee on Environment. This is to enable the
View ArticleMalawi: Paladin Starts Discharging Uranium Wastes Into Public Rivers
Few months after Paladin Africa Limited differed with civil society organizations (CSOs) and some chiefs in Karonga over the disposition of uranium wastes into public water, the company has started...
View ArticleMusi Among Most Polluted Rivers in Country: CPCB
A recent report from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that has listed the Musi river stretch among the most polluted rivers in the country and its water most dangerous, has taken the State...
View ArticleHC seeks action taken report on pollution of TG Halli dam
The High Court on Monday directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to submit an action taken report on the steps taken to prevent the pollution of Thippagondanahalli (TG) reservoir.
View ArticleCM gives nod for installing MIS at sewerage treatment plants
To ensure effective monitoring of cleaning river waters in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today gave a nod to install Management Information System (MIS) at all sewerage treatment
View ArticleGreen Tribunal sees red in sewage entering Cooum river
Chennai: The southern zone of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) to arrest 101 ‘identified’ sewage outfalls on priority to save Cooum from further
View ArticleOfficials check for sewage in Godavari
Officials of various departments in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), along with green activists, on Tuesday visited a stretch of the Godavari to check for sewage from nullahs released into the...
View ArticleToxic’ waste kills fish in Surry, Beas
A large numbers of fish were reported dead in the Surry and Beas near the bordering village of Kiri Afghana on the Hoshiarpur-Gurdaspur border. Dead fish could be seen floating over water in large...
View ArticleDuke Energy to hand out bottled water in North Carolina after wells polluted
Company says move stems from ‘abundance of caution’ after potentially toxic chemicals found in wells near sites where electricity giant stores coal waste Duke Energy, the largest electric utility in
View ArticleHalf the sewage in Ganga is from six cities along it
More than half the total sewage discharged into the Ganga every day comes from six big cities with Kolkata, Kanpur and Varanasi leading the pack.They are three of the 118 townscities that fall in the vast
View ArticleMonitoring committee constituted to check river pollution
The Khasi Student Union (KSU) Mawlai Circle along with members of various private companies met the CEM, KHADC Adelbert Nongrum to constitute a monitoring committee to check pollution in the Umshing and
View ArticlePolluted Rio de Janeiro beach ruled out for pro surfing competition
A sewage-filled Rio de Janeiro beach has been removed from the list of venues for a surfing competition in the city in May, the World Surf League said on Wednesday. A spokesman, Dave Prodan, said São
View ArticleJV of McDonald's fries supplier fined in China for water pollution: Xinhua
(Reuters) - A Chinese joint venture of U.S.-based J.R. Simplot, which supplies frozen french fries to McDonald's Corp, was fined 3.92 million yuan ($632,370) on Wednesday by the Beijing city government
View ArticleUN scientists call for action on marine microplastics
It could prove all but impossible to tackle the problem of microplastics in the ocean, but better management of waste plastic is an important first step, a major UN report indicates. The UN’s group
View ArticleNGT pulls up UP, U'khand on river pollution
Days after a report by experts from different government agencies blamed a handful of Uttar Pradesh cities, including Moradabad and Bareilly, for pollution in Ganga, the national green tribunal (NGT) on
View ArticleHUDA notice to MCG for polluted discharge
The Haryana Urban Development Authority has blamed the MCG for the pollution of the Yamuna due to discharge of untreated sewage water via the Badshapur drain. The authority has sent a notice to the MCG
View Article53% packaged drinking water samples in Maharashtra fail FDA test
Packaged drinking water may not always be your safest bet, going by a random survey conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA drew 95 water samples from packaged drinking water plants
View ArticleFish die, PPCB takes samples from rivulet
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) team took samples from Surry, a tributary of the Beas, to ascertain the cause behind the death of a large number of fish in the water bodies. The Fisheries
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