Basanter river in Samba becomes fish graveyard
Thousands of fish have died in the Basanter river in Samba in the past three days. Dead fish were seen floating on the water or lying along the banks of the river on a 4-km stretch between Badheri and
View ArticleChina Hits McDonald's Supplier With Record Fine For Water Pollution Amid...
SHANGHAI -- A company that supplies potato products to McDonald's fast food restaurants in Beijing has been fined 3.9 million yuan (about $629,000) for polluting local water supplies, in what state media
View ArticleOne in five farms polluting
Nearly half of Northland's 965 dairy farms did not meet consent conditions for effluent management in the past year and one in five farms chalked up significant breaches. That means more than 190 farms
View ArticleAreas with arsenic water are mapped
In a startling revelation, the Union health ministry has mapped 16,000 habitations which are prone to arsenic and heavy metal water, resulting in emergence of deadly diseases. Union health minister
View ArticleNigeria: Commission,Tambuwal Urge Review of EIA Laws
Abuja — THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, yesterday called for a review of the environmental impact assessment
View ArticleFoaming of Bengaluru lake matter of serious concern: CSE
Taking note of the recent foaming of lake Varthur in Bengaluru, a green body today warned that such a phenomenon was a "serious" threat to the country's wetlands including those in Delhi-NCR, and called
View ArticleBengaluru lake foaming shows urban wetlands under threat: CSE
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Sunday said that recent phenomenon of foaming of lake Varthur in east Bengaluru shows that the wetlands in the city as well as urban India are under a...
View ArticleTackling detergents in waterbodies
Excessive presence of detergents leads to the death of lakes, says S. Vishwanath It seemed like a Bollywood movie-set but was a main road next to the Varthur lake. Foam was billowing and floating around
View ArticlePoor water quality in Manimala river basin
Dumping of solid waste, saline water intrusion are main factors, says survey Saline water intrusion and dumping of solid waste have led to the erosion of water quality in the Manimala river basin in
View ArticleHelp end pollution in Adyar river
Welcoming the recent order of the Southern Bench of National Green Tribunal, residents of Anakaputhur, Pammal and Pozhichalur have appealed to the Kancheepuram district administration to help put an end
View ArticleNational Green Tribunal want Telangana to follow rules
Hyderabad: Environmentalists on Sunday demanded that the state government should immediate comply with the National Green Tribunal order that passed an injunction on the dewatering of the Hussainsagar
View ArticleBengaluru lake foaming shows urban wetlands under threat: CSE
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Sunday said that recent phenomenon of foaming of lake Varthur in east Bengaluru shows that the wetlands in the city as well as urban India are under a...
View ArticleNigeria: Drenched in Oil- Nigerians Demand Shell Spill Clean-Up
Port Harcourt — Pastor Christian Lekova Kpanddei wears his camera like a weapon, slung over a T-shirt telling oil giant Shell to "Own Up. Pay Up. Clean Up". He was a fish-farmer in the Ogoniland town
View ArticleClean Ganga campaign could shift India's view of responsibilities to...
Government's ambitious Ganga cleaning programme and setting up of the National Green Tribunal could shift India's view of its responsibilities to safeguard its natural bounty, a study by Circle of Blue
View ArticleFracking Chemicals Detected In Drinking Water Supplies Near Pennsylvania...
Scientists in Pennsylvania say they've found a clear link between natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region and local groundwater contamination. Samples of drinking water near three houses in
View ArticleKenya: Special Fund Sought to Curb Nairobi River Pollution
Nairobi — Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero wants the Senate to recommend the creation of an inter-governmental special fund to the help in combating the pollution of the Nairobi River and sanitation in...
View ArticleReport: Environment Ministry failing to fight pollution
Israel's state comptroller’s office found that the Environmental Protection Ministry failed in its monitoring of industrial pollution. According to the comptroller’s report released on Tuesday, the...
View ArticleSocial capital encouraged in water pollution control
China will encourage more social investment to team up with the government in water pollution prevention and control, according to a guideline issued on Wednesday. The efforts will first focus on drinking
View ArticleBlackstaff river: Belfast ink company says it's responsible for red...
A Belfast packaging firm has said it is responsible for a pollution spill that caused the Blackstaff river to turn red. The spill was reported to the Department of Environment on Wednesday. In a
View ArticlePoisonous chemical of fertilizer threatens Sundarbans' biodiversity:...
Some five months after an oil tanker carrying furnace oil capsized in Shela River harming flora and fauna of the Sundarbans, another vessel carrying fertilizer made up of toxic chemicals, sank in Bhola
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