Animas river spill: EPA underestimated blowout potential of mine, inquiry finds
An internal government investigation has found that federal and state regulators underestimated the potential for a blowout from a Colorado mine, documents released Wednesday show. Investigators concluded
View ArticleGovernment accused of failing to protect waterways from farm pollution
Conservationists and angling organisations have joined together in a legal challenge, accusing the government of failing to protect some of England’s “most precious rivers” from agricultural pollution.
View ArticleGold King mine spill: Navajo Nation farmers prohibit Animas river access
Despite watching their sustenance wilt in the summer sun, Navajo Nation tribe farmers near Shiprock, New Mexico, have opted not to reinstate access to river water after a spill at Gold King mine released
View ArticleUganda: Disaster Looms As Masindi Factory Pollutes River
Annah Luka speaks with so much pain and anger. The 75-year-old's life has never been the same ever since she slid over a wooden bridge and fell into a stream a year ago. It started with her legs itching
View ArticlePoor public response to Periyar pollution issues
The clamour for protecting Periyar River, it seems, to have ended with public statements. Though the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) had invited suggestions from various stakeholders...
View ArticleSTP construction in Alandi to check river pollution begins
PUNE: The Alandi Municipal Council has started construction of a 3MLD (million litres per day) sewage treatment plant (STP) along the Indrayani river in Alandi to curb pollution. Vinayak Aundhkar, chief
View ArticleHC concerned on quality of drinking water supplied in railways
Expressing concern over the poor quality of drinking water at Northern Railway stations and their platforms, Delhi High Court today sought collection of samples from different divisions and a report on
View ArticleTexas teenager creates $20 water purifier to tackle toxic e-waste pollution
18-year-old Perry Alagappan feted at World Water Week for his groundbreaking graphene heavy-metal filter, which he will keep open-source Consumer electronics, including computers and mobiles, are leaving
View ArticleMcArthur river pollution: Glencore yet to put up all warning signs a year...
Glencore has yet to finish erecting signs warning of contaminated river life near a Northern Territory mine more than a year after the miner and the state government became aware of elevated levels of
View ArticleChina says will report pollution information from Tianjin blast site
China's Environment Ministry has put in place a 24-hour monitoring system for pollutants from explosions this month at a port and will report accurate and timely data to the public, it said on Friday.
View ArticleHonolulu's Waikiki Beach reopened after massive sewage spill
Hawaii authorities reopened Honolulu's famed Waikiki Beach on Wednesday after water quality tests indicated the ocean was again safe for swimmers following a serious sewage spill earlier this week.
View ArticleChina to relocate almost 1,000 chemical plants in wake of Tianjin blasts
Industry minister, Miao Wei, says local government and companies involved would have to subsidise plans made to help improve pollution levels Local governments in China have submitted plans to relocate
View ArticleRussia polluting world's biggest freshwater lake
UNESCO-listed Lake Baikal contains 20 percent of world's total freshwater reserves The world's biggest freshwater lake located in Russia's Siberia is in danger by the growing number of tourists as illegal
View ArticleNHRC notice to civic body over polluted water supply
GURGAON: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent a notice to the MCG, seeking details on the quantity of water being supplied to a residential area in Gurgaon, and to also conduct a quality
View ArticleChina to relocate almost 1,000 chemical plants in wake of Tianjin blasts
Industry minister, Miao Wei, says local government and companies involved would have to subsidise plans made to help improve pollution levels Local governments in China have submitted plans to relocate
View ArticleChina needs further action to stop water pollution: vice premier
China faces a "formidable task" to clean up its rivers and lakes and needs a fundamental change in attitudes to prioritize the environment over economic development at all cost, vice premier Wang Yang
View ArticleTime to act: ‘Waste-water irrigation making land barren’
A study recently conducted by the Institute of Soil Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at the Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) in Faisalabad says close to 65 per cent of agricultural land
View ArticleBMC plans to clean up Powai Lake
MUMBAI: The BMC will clean up Powai Lake, which has a catchment area of about 600 hectares. The lake's water is used for non-potable purposes like gardening and by industries. The BMC will remove...
View ArticleGreen tribunal expresses concern on TOI report on arsenic scare in Kolkata
A petition has been filed in the Eastern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) after its judicial member Justice Pratap Ray expressed concern over the article 'Arsenic Level Sounds Death Knell
View ArticlePrivate firms may be roped in for cleaning Ganga
In a bid to ensure that Ganga ghats are clean, the Haridwar municipal corporation, which had been rapped sometime back for not implementing the NGT-enforced plastic ban near the river, is now roping in
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