The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Construction on a mammoth hydroelectric dam in the heart of Brazil’s Amazon rain forest began again Tuesday, hours after the country’s Supreme Court ordered a resumption of work on the project, which has been opposed by Indian groups and environmentalists. The ruling by the Supreme Court president, Carlos Ayres Britto, …
Brazilian flag 400RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil's Supreme Court has approved the resumption of work on the huge Belo Monte dam in the Amazon, which was halted earlier this month after protests from indigenous groups. The preliminary ruling on Monday overturns an earlier ruling that ordered construction of the dam across …
The Deprtment of Environment on Monday fined S Suhi Industrial Park Limited Tk 18.72 lakh for polluting the River Turag. DoE officials said the industry, located at Jamgara of Zirabo in Savar area, discharge 59 crore litres of liquid wastes in the river every day. During a drive, the DoE …
The first meeting of Bangladesh-India joint sub-group on the proposed Tipaimukh Hydro-Electric Project will be held in New Delhi on Monday, aiming to formulate terms of reference (ToR) for studying the impacts of the much-debated project. An 11-member Bangladesh delegation, led by Joint River Commission member Mir Sajjad Hossain, will …
The Environment Agency may have found the source of a major oil spill which covered 13 km of the River Aire between Leeds and Castleford. The Environment Agency was first alerted to the oil flowing into the River Aire at Water Lane, Leeds on Saturday August 18. Mark West of …
A high federal court in Brazil has ruled that work on the Belo Monte dam in the Brazilian Amazon be immediately suspended. Finding that the government failed to properly consult indigenous people on the dam, the ruling is the latest in innumerable twists and turns regarding the massive dam, which …
The State’s expert committee formed in 2009 to study the impacts of the proposed Chinese diversion of the Brahmaputra on the Assam part of the river has become redundant. It failed to lay its hand on the data concerning the Chinese part of the river. According to chairman of the …
Bacterial contamination in the Ganges has exceeded the maximum permissible limit at a number of locations even as 80 per cent of pollution in the river is due to discharge of sewage, the government said today. "...the levels of bacterial contamination in terms of fecal coliform are reported to be …
Thai opponents of a planned multi-billion dollar dam in Laos submitted a lawsuit to a court in Bangkok on Tuesday seeking to prevent their country buying power from the hydropower project. Fifty Thai villagers representing communities along the Mekong river filed the suit against the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of …
Flanked by the interior secretary and a federal environmental watchdog, Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his plan to reconfigure the state’s oversubscribed water distribution system in hopes of satisfying the conflicting demands of Southern California cities, agribusinesses and environmentalists, which have competing claims on the flow of the Sacramento River, the …
Experts, selected by the Bangladesh and Indian governments, will sit for the first time on August 27-28 to jointly study the possible impacts of the construction of the controversial Tipaimukh Dam on the Barak River in the Indian state of Manipur. India set the date at the foreign secretary-level meeting …
Factory waste and chemical mixed water is polluting water of Haridwar and Old Brahmaputra river in the district posing serious health hazards as well as adverse impact on the environment Many residents of the river areas forced to use the dirty water for various purposes to meet their daily needs …
Nearly 76 percent of the sewage generated in Guangdong province last year was directly discharged into local rivers, the province reported on Monday. The amount of sewage discharged in the southern province reached 12.53 billion metric tons in the previous year, up 110 million tons from 2010, the bulletin reported. …
Laos is not pushing ahead with the construction of a controversial $3.5 billion hydropower dam on the Mekong River in defiance of an agreement with neighboring countries, official media reported on Friday. In recent weeks, environmental activists have said Ch Karnchang Pcl, the main developer of the 1,260 megawatt Xayaburi …
Laos is not pushing ahead with the construction of a controversial $3.5 billion hydropower dam on the Mekong River in defiance of an agreement with neighboring countries, official media reported on Friday. In recent weeks, environmental activists have said Ch Karnchang Pcl, the main developer of the 1,260 megawatt Xayaburi …
Hydrological processes in the humid tropics differ from other regions in having greater energy inputs and faster rates of change, including human-induced change. Human influences on population growth, land use and climate change will profoundly influence tropical hydrology, yet understanding of key hydrological interactions is limited. We propose that efforts …
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory Tk 18 lakh for polluting environment at Dakshin Panishail of Kashimpur in Gazipur. DoE Director Mohammad Munir Chowdhury fined the factory, Yasin Knitex Ltd, as he did not find any soluble oxygen in liquid waste of the factory, says a …
The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development marks 20 years since the historic Earth Summit1 that was instrumental in laying the foundations and charting the course for contemporary sustainable development. This report looks at the issues that pertain to the management, development and use of fresh water resources. Its …
Yesterday, HSBC Group Chairman, Douglas Flint, announced the launch of the HSBC Water Programme, a new $100 million, five-year partnership with WWF, WaterAid and Earthwatch to tackle water risks in river basins, bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people and raise awareness about the global water …
When built, the Tipaimukh dam will result in damage to Boro production in the Sylhet region, causing a loss of over Tk 1,000 crore a year, experts have said. In addition, the dam would be disastrous for the riverine ecology and biodiversity of the region, according to environment impact assessment …
