Ban on farming along Yamuna: Farmers approach Green Tribunal
A farmers' body today approached the National Green Tribunal against the demolition drive on their farms carried out by DDA in pursuance to the green panel's ban order on cultivation of edible crop on
View ArticleWisconsin Governor Walker signs bill banning microbeads
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Wednesday signed a bill into law that bans the manufacturing and sale of personal care products containing tiny plastic beads that are known to pollute waterways.
View ArticleWorld must cut pollution to save marine life, study warns
MIAMI - If left unchecked, global warming will cause irreversible damage to marine life in the world's oceans, forcing fish to search for cooler waters and destroying valuable coral reefs, an...
View ArticleBP reaches $18.7 billion settlement over deadly 2010 spill
BP Plc will pay up to $18.7 billion in penalties to the U.S. government and five states to resolve nearly all claims from its deadly Gulf of Mexico oil spill five years ago in the largest corporate...
View ArticleBrick kilns turn hazardous for Kashmiris, violate environmental laws
Srinaga: With most brick kilns in the Kashmir Valley not implementing the measures specified for minimizing pollution levels, the areas where they operate are virtually facing an environmental...
View ArticleCoal mine investigated over waste spill into Wollangambe River
The NSW Environment Protection Authority is investigating a spill of coal waste and water from the Clarence Colliery mine near Lithgow into the Wollangambe River. The agency learnt of the incident,
View ArticleHeavy metal pollution control gets 2.8b yuan boost
The central government has allocated 2.8 billion yuan to support major projects controlling heavy metal pollution in 30 cities, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Thursday. The projects
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding the pollution of river Adi...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board, & Ors. dated 06/07/2015 regarding illegal activities going
View ArticleDraft notification on the Standards of Common Effluent Treatment Plants(CETPs)
The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be
View ArticleChandkheda residents to get non-contaminated water
AHMEDABAD: Residents of Khodiyarnagar Gujarat Housing Board (GHB) colony in Chandkheda facing contaminated water woes for years have got a ray of hope after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
View ArticleMicroscopic animals with 'wheels'
PUNE: In the waters of the Mula river resides a microscopic animal that usually lives independently, if the water becomes polluted, it swims across to its predator and clings on to it. Though the reason
View ArticleState of water pipelines a health risk
Old, rusted or leaking water distribution pipelines lead to contamination of drinking water, putting health at risk, and municipal corporations must immediately address this problem, say researchers and
View ArticleSewage pollution threatens Olympic yacht competition site in Brazil
THREATENED by the sewage pollution, the Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) has expressed ‘extreme concern’ over the site chosen for the sailing events of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
View ArticleSecrecy over fracking chemicals clouds environmental risks, advocates say
The fracking industry must be compelled to provide far more detailed information to regulators if the public is to be accurately informed of any risks to the environment, advocacy groups say. A report
View ArticleSoon, data on Ganga pollution on NMCG website
DEHRADUN: The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is set to release into the public domain data gathered from 110 industries that release effluents into the Ganga. These industries are located in five
View ArticleWater Pollution: NGT demands Rs 15 crore from UMC for restoration of...
Kulgaon-Badlapur, Ambernath municipal councils told to deposit Rs 5 cr each. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) to deposit Rs 15 crore and the
View ArticleOfficial sacked for pollution
A LOCAL government official was sacked and seven others punished after a company in northeast China was found to have illegally discharged sandy water that polluted the tap water supply in Lanzhou in...
View Article71% people drink impure water in MLA’s village: Survey
More than 71 per cent households in Kharar village are forced to consume unfit water, while 20 per cent purchase it from water tankers and only 2 per cent get supply water at their doorstep. It is the
View ArticleSeechewal takes up pollution issue with MC officials
Due to the increasing pollution in the Kala Sanghian drain, Environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal today took up the issue with the MC officials. He said the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) built at a
View ArticleZSI tracks climate impact on mangroves
KOLKATA: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has set up 25 permanent monitoring stations in five islands of the Sunderbans to study the impact of climate change on the mangroves and its fauna. Three research
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