A few wetlands in the country have reportedly been impacted due to various developmental activities and urbanisation, said Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
CHENNAI: The city is waking up to the threat faced by the Muttukadu estuary due to unbridled urbanisation that has resulted in high-rises and industries on its banks. Experts and environment activists
California’s three-year drought just went from bad to dreadful. In the course of the last week, the crimson expanse of “exceptional drought” grew to engulf the northern part of the state. The chart
Businesses across the globe will now be able to measure the environmental impact of water use and pollution with a new ISO standard, published today (31 July). ISO 14046 will give all organisations
For more than a century, Bill Taylor's family has used the calm, protected waters of Puget Sound to raise oysters, planting billions of larvae in underwater beds and then harvesting them to ship to some
Two new reports on the global energy-water nexus have concluded that by 2040 there may not be enough water to meet both the world's drinking water and energy generation demands. With large amounts
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Indus water treaty with Pakistan, 31/07/2014.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on steps taken to restore the wetlands, 31/07/2014
The wetlands in the coastal belts around Mumbai are being killed to make way for development, the Maharashtra forest department has told the Bombay high court. The court, while hearing a PIL by NGO
Call to abandon river linking proposal The Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad has called upon the Centre to abandon the controversial Pampa-Achenkovil-Vaipar Link Project which would spell doom to Central
