Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Runoff from snowmelt is regarded as a vital water source for people and ecosystems throughout the Northern Hemisphere (NH). Numerous studies point to the threat global warming poses to the timing and magnitude of snow accumulation and melt. But analyses focused on snow supply do not show where changes to …
This global cross-sector report assesses the environmental dimension of sustainability reporting and provides recommendations to make environmental reporting important to all stakeholders. It analyses what the key and most common environmental disclosure items are and provides practical recommendations for companies and other reporting organizations on how these items should be …
Over two centuries of economic growth have put undeniable pressure on the ecological systems that underpin human well-being. While it is agreed that these pressures are increasing, views divide on how they may be alleviated. Some suggest technological advances will automatically keep us from transgressing key environmental thresholds; others that …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raj Hans Bansal Vs. Ministry of Water Resources & Ors dated 28/10/2015 regarding ground water extraction in Delhi especially by industries.
Global freshwater vulnerability is a product of environmental and human dimensions, however, it is rarely assessed as such. Our approach identifies freshwater vulnerability using four broad categories: endowment, demand, infrastructure, and institutions, to capture impacts on natural and managed water systems within the coupled human–hydrologic environment. These categories are represented …
With the rapid population growth, ecological pressure caused by human activities on rivers is growing. Decision makers are often faced with the dilemma of how to maintain economic growth while also maintaining the resources of a river and its environment. In this study, a model has been proposed for the …
A total of 210, among the more than 1,100 municipalities, in Colombia are suffering from water rationing and 300 more are facing a risk of water shortage owing to El Niño, Colombian Housing Minister Luis Felipe Henao said on Monday. “The current El Niño phenomenon is the most serious one …
Fracking by the U.S. oil and gas industry has increased the burden on the nation's water resources, but still accounts for less than 1 percent of America's total industrial water use, according to a paper by researchers at Duke University published on Tuesday. The controversial extraction method consumed roughly 48 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Shailesh Singh V/s. Hotel Holiday Regency, Moradabad & Ors. dated 16/09/2015 regarding groundwater extraction and efficacy of the STP installed at individual hotels, Uttar Pradesh. Related Order
GURGAON: HUDA has asked the state government to appoint an independent consultant to audit the water supply needs of the city before it releases extra water for MCG areas. HUDA administrator Anita Yadav said that although the urban development authority has sufficient treated water available for distribution, the water demand …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/09/2015 regarding groundwater extraction by construction projects in Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida/ Greater Noida and Faridabad.
Demand for water tankers was up in four districts of Pune revenue division due to scanty rains. More than 98 villages located in scarcity areas of these districts so far have asked for supply of drinking water through tankers, according to latest report. The Sangli district had highest number of …
Water technology firm Ecolab has developed a new online tool that allows businesses to work out how water-scarcity will impact their revenue. The freely-available Water Risk Monetiser was first developed in 2014, but the upgraded version that analyses revenue impact was unveiled this week at World Water Week in Sweden. …
About one-fifth of the worlds countries will face acute water shortage by 2040, as climate change will disrupt rainfall patterns. Population expansion will push up the demand for water, according to an analysis by non-profit research organisation, the World Resources Institute (WRI).
The countries of Central and Eastern Europe faced the challenges of becoming EU Member States. In the water sector, the environment and water quality requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) dominate water resources planning and management. Many see this as a surrogate for IWRM, although IWRM has a …
Despite a devastating four-year drought that has forced strict water conservation measures across California, most Los Angeles County supervisors still have their cars washed two or three times a week, a local newspaper reported. The multiple weekly car washes carry on despite Governor Jerry Brown's admonitions to Californians to take …
Israeli water firms head to California to help combat drought New British ambassador announces water research programs for UK, Israeli scientists Of the 33 countries and regions likely to be most waterstressed by the year 2040, 14 of them – including Israel – are located in the Middle East, according …
A startup in the U.S. West Coast city of San Francisco has developed a shower head that creates a mist by atomizing water, instead of making it rain down. The concept is not new, but engineers with Nebia, the San Francisco firm, claim to have reinvented and maximized the device's …
Nearly half of 33 countries expected to face extremely high water stress by 2040 are in the Middle East, where surface water is limited and demand is high, said experts who ranked 167 nations. Thirteen Middle Eastern countries plus the Palestinian Territories are projected to face extremely high water stress …
India, China and the US could see water stress increase by 40 to 70% by 2040 according to the global water stress rankings released by World Resource Institute. Click here to know which are the world’s most water-stressed countries and regions and how they would be hit by a deeper …
