Nigeria: Four Killed, 15,500 Displaced in Delta Oil Spill
Port Harcourt — The representative of Odidi community in Delta State, Mr Anthony Richard, has said that about four persons were killed while 15,500 residents of the community were displaced in July oil
View ArticleAthletes at Rio Olympics to compete in 'basically raw sewage',...
Athletes in next year’s Summer Olympics will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games, an Associated...
View ArticleBhopal's Satpura thermal plant defaulted on pollution norms: CAG
BHOPAL: Satpura Thermal Power Station (STPS) in Sarni, Madhya Pradesh defaulted on air, water and hazardous waste pollution norms during 2011-12 and 2013-14. Also, it consumed excess coal and oil and...
View ArticleIOC agrees to carry out virus tests on Rio’s Olympic water venues
RIO DE JANEIRO – The International Olympic Committee said Sunday it will begin testing for disease causing viruses in the sewage-polluted waters where athletes will compete in next year’s Rio de Janeiro
View ArticleQuestion raised in Rajya Sabha on Integrated Ganga Conservation Programme,...
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Integrated Ganga Conservation Programme, 03/08/2015. The Cabinet approved the Namami Gange program on 13th May, 2015 as a comprehensive approach to rejuvenate the river
View ArticleFonterra fined $362,000 over pollution
Fonterra says it sets itself high environmental standards despite being fined $362,000 in two separate prosecutions for Resource Management Act breaches. The country's largest milk producer was fined
View ArticleQuestion raised in Rajya Sabha on contamination of drinking water, 03/08/2015
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on contamination of drinking water, 03/08/2015. Rajasthan is the worst State affected with 22,254 water quality affected habitations which are yet to be provided safe...
View ArticleNew STP will stop Yamuna pollution, DTCP to NGT
The additional chief secretary of the department of town and country planning (DTCP) on July 28, notified the National Green Tribunal (NGT) about the construction of a 175 million litres per day-sewage
View ArticleNRDWP to supply drinking water to govt schools in UP
With an aim to provide clean drinking water to students in rural areas, the state government has decided to include primary and junior high schools under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme...
View ArticleFrom open sewage to high-tech hydrohub, Singapore leads water revolution
SINGAPORE, August 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fifty years ago Singapore had to ration water, and its smelly rivers were devoid of fish and choked with waste from shipbuilding, pig farms and toilets
View ArticleAthletes shrug off pollution issues at Rio Olympic test
Athletes, coaches and organizers at a major test event for next year's Olympic Games shrugged off a simmering dispute over safety at watersports venues by diving into the controversial waters off...
View ArticleHurricanes Transport Pollutants: New Study Reveals Storm-Generated Currents
Scientists are learning a bit more about how hurricanes transport pollution. Researchers have taken a closer look at how the downwelling of warm waters in the ocean actually deepens a storm's fuel tank
View ArticleMinistry names and shames northern city for pollution
BEIJING - China's environmental watchdog on Monday named and shamed Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region for poor air and water quality. The Ministry of Environmental...
View ArticleSoda production pollutes air, water in Quang Nam
QUANG NAM (VNS) — Residents in central Quang Nam Province's Nui Thanh District complain that their daily life has been disrupted by environmental pollution from the Chu Lai Soda Processing JSC. The
View ArticleVedanta gets 2 months to respond to legal action by Zambian villagers
Pollution a 10-year-old issue but company did nothing to stop it, says legal firm Leigh Day A bird flies by the Vedanta office building in Mumbai Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources Plc has not sent
View ArticlePollution-hit residents up in arms
People of Pittavanipalem complain of health problems In summer it is usual for residents in some parts of the city queuing up for water at tankers. But at Pittavanipalem every alternate day villagers
View ArticleThe giant algae bloom turning the Great Lakes GREEN: Scientists warn of...
For at least fifty years, phytoplankton and algae blooms have been a regular occurrence in summer on Lake Erie. However, researchers say this year the toxic blooms could reach record levels. The bloom
View ArticleCalifornia water officials seek penalties in Santa Barbara oil spill
California water quality regulators have asked state Attorney General Kamala Harris to consider enforcement action against the owner of an oil pipeline that ruptured near Santa Barbara in May, spilling
View ArticleChina to deploy space-air-ground sensors for environment protection
BEIJING - China will build a space-air-ground integrated sensing system to detect and stop pollution, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection Tuesday. China's central authorities decided
View ArticleKorba is ranks third in new critically polluted areas
Korba in Chhattisgarh is among three newly identified critically polluted areas (CPAs) in the country with the collected sampling of ‘Volatile Organic Compounds” (VOCs), according to the 2014-15 annual
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