Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
After the SEAC was constituted on February 14 last year, it has cleared as many as 200 projects, of which nearly half are industries. Even as the BJP-Shiv Sena government is keen on bringing more industries and investments to the state, the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) that gives environment …
Fracking for shale oil and gas has not led to widespread pollution of drinking water, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency draft report said on Thursday, although it warned some drilling activities could potentially cause health risks. The study, requested by Congress and five years in the making, said fracking could …
A second stretch of Southern California shoreline has been closed after masses of tar balls washed ashore, and authorities said on Thursday they were looking into whether the sticky blobs were linked to a recent oil pipeline spill. The shoreline closure in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles, follows a …
GURGAON: HUDA has asked the senior town planner to initiate action against 10 builders, including mall owners, housing societies and commercial complexes, for discharging untreated toxic sewage into drains reaching the Yamuna. This follows a joint survey they held recently with the state pollution control body. Gurgaon's senior town planner …
Minister says project “delayed” as Centre decided to bear entire funding River Ganga will show first signs of being pollution-free by October next year and the first project on inter-linking of rivers (Ken-Betwa) will take off within a year, Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said here on Thursday. She said …
Only half of Delhi is connected to sewer lines, which means that the other half’s waste flows, untreated, into the Yamuna. Though the Delhi Jal Board is constantly expanding its 7,200-km-long sewer network, rapid development has left large portions of the city without any alternative. A senior DJB official said: …
The Tamil Nadu government is likely to move the Supreme Court seeking directives to restrain Karnataka from discharging sewage into Cauvery river. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa chaired a high-level meeting on this issue on June 2 at the Secretariat. Following reports that Karnataka was discharging sewage into Cauvery river, leaders …
Despite various efforts of the government to depollute rivers across the country, water was found unsafe for drinking without treatment, according to a survey conducted by a green advocacy body. A survey by TERI of seven major river cities revealed that 86 per cent of the respondents affirmed that it …
TERI releases Environmental Survey 2015 A latest survey conducted to gauge the perception of people toward various environmental issues in the Capital has revealed that over 92 per cent of city dwellers feel the condition of the Yamuna is indeed “poor”. Even as 60 per cent people perceived that air …
BENGALURU: The report card has arrived. Varthur Lake is frothing because of sewage. And it's high time the BBMP and BWSSB initiated measures to treat more than 600mld (million litre per day) of sewage entering the water body every day. These are the findings of the Central Pollution Control Board …
An oil pipeline that ruptured and spilled an estimated 383,000 litres (101,000 gallons) of crude near Santa Barbara in May had been allowed to corrode to a tiny fraction of its original thickness, federal regulators have said. The preliminary findings released on Wednesday by the federal pipeline and hazardous materials …
Microbeads, those tiny plastic beads included in personal care products for exfoliating power, have been popular for a number of years, with a growing number of companies sneaking them into toothpaste, body scrubs, soap and more. That’s despite evidence that they cause significant environmental problems, an issue that’s led a …
Large companies should face hefty financial penalties, equal to those dished out in the banking industry, if they break pollution and environmental laws, a U.K. Court of Appeal judge said. A severe breach could result in a “fine equal to a substantial percentage, up to 100 percent, of the company’s …
Apparel makers in China are facing growing pressure from regulators and high-profile brands to tackle wastewater pollution from their factories. The textile industry has long been one of China’s largest polluters. One Chinese government estimate puts the amount of shallow and deep groundwater that is severely polluted in the North …
The sun rises over Lake Malawi. As fishermen bring their overnight catch to shore, the purring motors of their dugout canoes spread ripples across waters once dubbed the “lake of stars” by David Livingstone. On the beach, a group of young men mend fishing nets. Women smoke fish to sell, …
Call it a Roomba for the ocean. A young Dutch innovator has come up with a boom invention to help the Pacific Ocean rid itself of some of the 8 million tons of plastics. Boyan Slat's plan is to set up enormous floating barriers in rotating tidal locations around the …
Tribal villages of Sukinda block and Badachana block in Jajpur district are facing acute water scarcity since the month of April. Since temperature is going up, the problem will be compounded. The villages like Dubikhala, Mangalpur, Ambadula, Lembu , Rankia, Bandhaga, Bamanagar, Pimpudia, Kharadi, Kaliapani and Chingudiapal, etc with a …
China's top court on Monday ruled that all polluters will be liable for any damage they have on the environment even if they do not breach regulations. According to a legal explanation issued by the Supreme People's Court on Monday, which will be enforced from Wednesday, polluters will be held …
Seoul City has accelerated its probe into the suspected pollution of the U.S. military base in the capital as part of its efforts to seek the source of oil leaks, officials said Monday. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it obtained 18 underground water samples among 32 boreholes in Yongsan Garrison …
The present study on geochemical evolution of groundwater is taken up to assess the controlling processes of water chemistry in the Western Delta region of the River Godavari (Andhra Pradesh), which is one of the major rice producing centers in India. The study region is underlain by coarse sand with …
