Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
A surge in major wildfire events in the U.S. West as a consequence of climate change will expose tens of millions of Americans to high levels of air pollution in the coming decades, according to a new Yale-led study conducted with collaborators from Harvard. The researchers estimated air pollution from …
Indonesian plantation company Sampoerna Agro is considering how to respond to a recent court ruling that handed down the country's largest ever fine to a company linked to forest fires, a company official said on Monday. "We're still studying this," Sampoerna Agro spokesman Michael Kesuma told Reuters when asked whether …
A surge in major wildfire events in the US West as a consequence of climate change will expose tens of millions of Americans to high levels of air pollution in the coming decades, according to a new study. A surge in major wildfire events in the U.S. West as a …
Wildfires in southern France are threatening the city of Marseille, burning homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of residents. More than 1,500 firefighters are tackling the blazes which sprang up in scrubland north of the city. Deputy Mayor Julien Ruas said firebreaks had been created to protect northern neighbourhoods. …
In West Aceh, a school has had to close, with two students hospitalized with breathing problems. One hundred and fifty military and police officers are trying to put the fires in West Aceh. The fires are a result of slash-and-burn land clearing by oil palm planters, officials say. Since August …
A forest worker was killed and 2,500 people evacuated on the Canary island of La Palma after a forest fire was reportedly started by a German burning soiled toilet paper. Firefighters and army emergency service soldiers have been using eight water-carrying helicopters and three water-dumping planes to battle the three-day-old …
An epic wildfire that has killed one person and blackened about 60,000 acres along the California coast, forced authorities on Monday to shut down a portion of scenic Highway 1 near Carmel-by-the-Sea. The closure of the highway, which runs along much of the Pacific coastline and is famed for its …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Dutta, Senior Advocate Vs. Union of India & Others dated 04/08/2016 regarding forest fires in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Tribunal directs that State of Uttar Pradesh and State of Uttarakhand to submit to the MoEF & …
Vegetation fires can release substantial quantities of fine particles (PM2.5), which are harmful to health. The fire smoke may be transported over long distances and can cause adverse health effects over wide areas. Original Source
Firefighters struggled on Thursday to get the upper hand on a huge wildfire along northern California’s picturesque Big Sur coastline, where anxious residents awaited word on their homes and popular parks and trails closed at the height of tourist season. The blaze spanning 42 square miles has destroyed 34 homes, …
Kisoro — About 30 hectares of Echuya forest reserve in Rubanda and Kisoro districts have been destroyed by fire. The National Forestry Authority (NFA) officer in-charge of the reserve, Mr Herbert Turyahabwa, said fire broke out last Friday night. It is believed to have been lit by the Batwa who …
A virtual Noah's Ark of wild beasts and livestock has been relocated to save them from a massive wildfire burning north of Los Angeles in a region that is home to exotic animal sanctuaries and horse ranches. Officials and volunteers at the Wildlife Waystation in the northern Los Angeles suburb …
Greece has declared a state of emergency on the Aegean island of Chios, which has been engulfed by a wildfire raging out of control, authorities said on Monday. Dozens of firefighters and aircraft were deployed to fight the forest fire which broke out early on Monday, burning through olive groves …
A deadly California wildfire that has destroyed more than a dozen homes drove thousands more residents from their dwellings on Monday as flames raged for a fourth day through drought-parched canyons and foothills north of Los Angeles. About 300 miles (480 km) to the north, another fire ravaged a hilly …
PHILADELPHIA – The heat wave gripping parts of the country including Philadelphia, where tens of thousands are descending upon the city for the Democratic National Convention this week, is not going away anytime soon and will hit a peak Monday with temperatures in the city feeling like 108 degrees. Excessive …
Man-made forest fires in the traditionally populated zone (about 800–2000 m altitude) are common in much of the Central Himalaya, and are a major topic of environmental debate. This study based on an analysis of data of the State Forest Department at Uttarakhand on incidence of forest fires shows that …
Deforestation, forest fire hazard and exploitation of forest have been warning threats to our environment and ecosystem globally. In the present study an attempt has been made to enhance the biodegradability and biomethanation potential of treated pine needles, the leaves of a coniferous tree (Pinus roxburghii) by using Trichoderma spp. …
The NASA-funded study said carbon dioxide released was eight per cent less than what was reported by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which took samples of peat in Sumatra island and burned it in lab unlike the new study which took actual burned peats from the field. …
More than 1,600 firefighters battled on Monday to contain a fast-spreading wildfire that has forced hundreds of evacuations in the drought-parched canyons north of Los Angeles, destroying 18 homes, killing at least one person and closing a highway. Authorities said the Sand Fire had grown to more than 33,000 acres …
Mass tree die-offs are sparking worries of fire in California’s Sierra Nevada range. An outbreak of bark beetles, along with persistent drought in the state, have caused many evergreen trees to wither and die. The damage spread rapidly through the mountains in the fall of 2015 after favorable spring conditions …
