Wales to cut nitrates
Welsh Minister for the Environment Sue Essex has announced the launch of a consultation on ways of reducing nitrate pollution in the principality's lakes and rivers. She is asking for views on
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Salt Lake's "Green Games" image comes under attack
Salt Lake City won the right to stage the Winter Olympics partly because of the pristine beauty of the Rocky Mountains and organisers say the Games will provide an environmental showcase to the
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Portuguese flood scheme angers villagers and alarms ecologists
The largest man-made lake in Europe starts filling up near the southern Portuguese village of Alqueva as controversy rages over whether this is an inspired quest to save a forgotten region from
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Scientists simulate chemical release in salt lake
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created a three dimensional simulation of how a biological or chemical release could spread in and around Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Second volcano menaces Congolese town of Goma
Volcanologists warned that a second volcano may soon erupt near Goma, threatening the Congolese town with new lava flows and an unleashing of toxic gases now trapped beneath a nearby lake.
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500 birds die in snowfall
Jagdshput Lake and its surrounding forests, situated at Niglihawa Village Development Committee (VDC) of Kapilvastu district, Nepal was hit by the natural elements of nature during February last
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Hybrid invader threatens wordsworth heritage
The wild daffodils on the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District are under threat from garden centre blooms which are throwing their pollen about. National Trust staff have found that about 200
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Doordarshan committed to protect lakes
Bhopal Doordarshan is committed to protect the lakes of Bhopal and it gives preference to environment protection programmes. This was said by Doordarshan centre director Kulbhushan while speaking at
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Environment awareness campaign launched by Jammu Varsity deptt.
As environmental awareness programme on cleaning and greening of lake Mansar and its adjoining areas was organised by the extension wing of the department of environmental sciences, University of
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Canada - US industrial water waste rising - study
Industrial pollution dumped into U.S. and Canadian lakes, rivers and streams rose 26 percent from 1995 to 1999, overshadowing an almost equal reduction in toxic air emissions, an environmental
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Govt to set up fish sanctuary at Kaptai Lake
The Bangladesh government has decided to set up a fish sanctuary on 13-km land of Kaptai Lake under Mohalchhari for increasing fish preservation and reproduction.
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'Make East Coast Road Plastic-free'
On the banks of the Chitlapakkam lake in Chennai which is fast getting polluted and encroached wit garbage dumping, a seminar followed by discussions was held on handling Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
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A variety of fish species faces extinction
Of the total twenty -seven species of fish found in Pokhara City's lakes around a dozen of them are on the verge of extinction due to over fishing. Experts concerned over the dwindling fish
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Birds fight for space at Uppalapadu
Unless the various departments of the Andhra Pradesh state government clear their confusion about the Uppalapadu lake at Guntur, it might be another year of overcrowded nesting grounds and shrinking
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Unbridled lime shell mining posing danger
Unbridled mining of lime shell in Alappuzha district in Kerala is hindering smooth sailing of boats in the Vembanad lake. The heaps of waste left after mining is causing concern among the Water
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Polluted Lalbagh lake irks Lokayukta
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Venkatachala, who inspected the famous botanical gardens Lalbagh - in the city today, expressed dissatisfaction over the maintenance of Lalbagh lake and instructed the
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Oil company told to take steps to save birds habitat
The Sindh government, describing the actions taken by the Pakistan Petroleum (PPL) in the Drigh Lake Wildlife Sanctuary as irresponsible, has directed it to take remedial measures so that the habitat
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Stay order on dumping of waste suspended
The first bench of the Madras High Court has suspended until further orders the operation of an interim stay order restraining the Chennai Corporation from using the dry lake land in Pallikaranai
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Karnataka seeks Rs 250-cr Central aid
Karnataka today sought Central assistance to the tune of Rs 250 crores to conserve and develop the lakes in and around Bangalore from the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, T R Baalu. The
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Ganesh immersion rakes up debate
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu sought cooperation of the people in checking pollution of Hussainsagar. He pointed out that the large scale immersion of Ganesh idols in the lake