CN Rail Settles Charges Over Two Derailments
Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty and paid fines to settled environmental charges stemming from two high-profile derailments in Western Canada, officials said on Monday.
Canadian National Railway pleaded guilty and paid fines to settled environmental charges stemming from two high-profile derailments in Western Canada, officials said on Monday.
Up to 1.3 million people in China's Sichuan Province have been ordered to evacuate to higher grounds for fear of a major "quake lake' burst as a result of flooding and strong aftershocks. Tan Li, Party Secretary of Mianyang City and chief of Mianyang City Quake Control and Relief Headquarters, on Friday issued an order that people living downstream from Tangjiashan, a swelling quake-induced lake, must evacuate. The mass evacuation, dubbed a "drill' by local government officials, is said to make way for a possible flood-discharging operation set for the weekend.
Water crisis in Salt Lake may aggravate as the Calcutta Municipal Corporation has threatened to cut off supply to the township if its dues are not cleared immediately.
Mianzhu: Chinese soldiers were working non-stop to dig a giant sluice to ease pressure on a swelling "quake lake', with plans to evacuate 100,000 people to avert a new disaster, state media said. China on Tuesday put the death toll from the earthquake that struck Sichuan province on May 12 at 67,183, with the figure certain to rise with 20,790 listed as missing. Nearly 362,000 people were injured.
CHINA will dynamite rock, mud and rubble forming a dangerously large "quake lake", hoping to avert a new disaster two weeks after a catastrophic tremor struck Sichuan province. The official death toll from the May 12 earthquake is now more than 60,000, but that number is certain to grow as searchers account for more of the 30,000 missing. Premier Wen Jiabao believes the toll could exceed 80,000. The frenzied initial rescue response is cooling into a battle with nature, deprivation and discontent sure to last long after thousands of aftershocks.
On March 9th and 10th, 2015, an independent panel met for two days at Florida International University’s College of Law to discuss the likely environmental impacts associated with the proposed inter-oceanic
This voluntary organisation in Dhar-wad has shown that it is possible to achieve progress without seeking any support from the government. Kalghatagi is one of the most backward regions of Dharwad district. But its people don't seem to be distraught. They have taken up positive action to solve their problems.
The civil and irrigation authorities are yet to finalize a plan to provide clean drinking water to people after the release of polluted water from the Manchhar Lake into the River Indus through the
Chinese engineers are starting to make headway against lakes that have formed behind landslides, threatening yet more devastation on the earthquake-stricken valleys downstream. Last week's big tremor changed the landscape of northern Sichuan province, as mountainsides were obliterated along the Longmenshan fault. In Hongguang, in northeastern Sichuan, the earthquake caused both sides of a valley to slide, burying three villages and 900 people. The Qingzhu River is trapped behind. "The mountains merged," said Gao Xiao, who barely escaped a landslide that roared past her house.
Many discussions held on the harmful effects caused by pollution of water in lakes, rivers and reservoirs and the conservation of these water bodies for quite a long time. Now it is time to act,
The alarming rise in the death of Irrawady dolphins in Chilika Lake, Orissa, signals acute conservation problems. Indeed, the world's most intelligent water mammal is under threat also in the
Experts predict that the city
People across the globe will be celebrating the 35th Earth Day on April 22, focussing on concerns about what is happening to our land, rivers, lakes and air. According to conservationists in the
Oceangoing freighters that claim to be empty of ballast water before entering the Great Lakes routinely carry organisms that endanger the water bodies, a new report shows. The ships often have
In a rare victory to the residents, the BMC's tree authority has backtracked from hacking hundreds of trees for the Powai Lake beautification, settling to move just 30 trees in a new proposal. The authorities have also agreed to plant 300 more trees around the jogging track to make the area lush. In February, the tree authority had put notices on 150 trees that would be uprooted to lay a two km jogging track as part of the Rs 12-crore beautification project. However, after three months of incessant protests by residents, the tree authority last week reconsidered their proposal.
A sizable number of macrophytes growing luxuriantly in Kawar lake, the largest one of its kind in Bihar, are utilized by the native folk for food (Euryale ferox, Ipomoea aquatica, Nelumbo nucifera, Nymphaea nouchali, Nymphaea sp. - a probable hybrid, Cyperus rotundus), fodder (Commelina benghalensis, Cynodon dactylon, Cyperus iria, C. rotundus, Echinochloa colonum, E.
PANJIM, Water Resources Department (WRD) has written to Town Country Planning (TCP) Department to amend the building bye-laws to make roof-top rain water harvesting facility mandatory for new structures. The request to TCP comes in the wake of poor response to the Roof-Top Rainwater Harvesting Scheme of WRD.
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Alpine glaciers leave spectacular records of climate change. Lakes, moraines, and other landforms shaped by past glacier advances and retreats dominate the foreground of nearly all mountain landscapes. These glacial deposits are rich records of past climate that are widespread, obvious, and easily accessible.
Water management: Horticulture and Forest depts to be merged The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has decided to set aside at least 20 per cent of the ward-level funds for rain water harvesting (RWH) across the City. Following a review meeting with the Horticulture and Lake Departments, Deputy Mayor S Harish told mediapersons that the decision was taken with utmost earnestness to tide over t