Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Mud from a dam that burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil earlier this month, killing 12 people and polluting an important river, is toxic, the United Nations' human rights agency said on Wednesday. The statement contradicts claims by Samarco, the mine operator at the site of the rupture, …
A huge brown plume of mud and mining waste spread out along the coast of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo on Monday, a little over two weeks after the collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine. According to projections from Brazil’s environment ministry, the tide is expected …
Seven years ago, Luciana Cunha paid her first visit to the fishing village of Regência, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, to surf the famous waves near the mouth of the Rio Doce. She fell in love twice – with the place and her husband, Fabio Gama – and …
Ranchi: Taking time off from his routine responsibilities, Jharkhand Food Minister Saryu Roy has been working to save water bodies from pollution, which he claims is "main reason for diseases" in the mineral-rich state. "When I embarked on the Clean Water Sources Campaign ten years ago, some people used to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Environics Trust Vs. Union Of India & Ors. dated 29/10/2015 regarding scientific closure of asbestos mines in India. It appears that mines were not scientifically closed before being abandoned. NGT had asked the Counsel appearing for the State of Rajasthan, …
The export-oriented iron ore mining industry in Goa has urged the government to remove the export duty on the ore and special permission to dump wastes outside the mines. These, the industry believes, would enable it to look up and fetch reasonable margins. Export is a compulsion for miners in …
The study investigated the association between community proximity to mine dumps, and current wheeze, rhinoconjunctivitis, and asthma among adolescents. This study was conducted during May–November 2012 around five mine dumps in South Africa. Communities in close proximity to mine dumps had an increased likelihood of current wheeze OR 1.38 (95 …
BHUBANESWAR: With huge overburden of chrome ore creating environmental problems, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has directed that a comprehensive overburden management action be prepared for Sukinda Valley. In a recent meeting with chromite mines, the pollution board has directed that all lessees of working and non-working chromite ore …
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will set up a temporary treatment plant for wastewater flowing from the Gold King Mine in southwestern Colorado after 3 million gallons surged out of the mine in August, tainting rivers in three states. Colorado's two U.S. senators urged the agency to build …
The man promoting a controversial underground gold mine near Majors Creek was in charge of an Australian mine in the Philippines which discharged cyanide-laden waste into creeks, killing fish and other marine creatures. The Philippines Government imposed a record fine of $A267,000 against Lafayette after investigating two instances of cyanide …
Zambian villagers are taking a multinational copper mining firm to court in the UK, accusing it of poisoning their water. The BBC's Nomsa Maseko visited the area which has allegedly been polluted. Dressed in colourful sarongs and t-shirts, the women of Hippo Pool village collect their water on the banks …
An internal government investigation has found that federal and state regulators underestimated the potential for a blowout from a Colorado mine, documents released Wednesday show. Investigators concluded the federal Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators underestimated how much water pressure had built up inside the inactive mine before a government …
The law and policy frameworks for allocation or reallocation of water to different uses, or within a category of use, remain underdeveloped in India. This paper intends providing a starting point for a conversation on the law and policy dimensions of inter-sectoral water allocation. Focusing on a specific inter-sectoral water …
MORE than 1,800 Zambian villagers in Chingola have taken mining giant Vedanta to court in the United Kingdom over toxic leaks. The London-listed mining giant has been polluting the drinking water of villages in Zambia and threatening a wider health disaster, the Observer has found. This is according to the …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is formed when water and air come in contact with pyrite (FeS2) present in coal and exposed rocks, to form sulphuric acid. The process of pyrite oxidation further leads to the formation of Fe3+ and some or all of this Fe3+ precipitates to cause red, orange …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said it has no system for monitoring hundreds of thousands of abandoned mines that pock the American landscape, or knowing which one could be the source of the next big toxic spill. “EPA does not maintain records of the number of mines or tailings …
A stretch of river fouled by toxic waste from an abandoned gold mine in southwestern Colorado last week was reopened to kayaking and rafting on Friday while water from river-fed irrigation canals was deemed safe for crops and livestock. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also said it was safe for …
The water quality of a southwestern Colorado river rendered bright orange by toxic waste spewed from an abandoned gold mine one week ago has returned to pre-existing levels, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief said on Wednesday. The statement from EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, whose agency's inspectors inadvertently triggered the …
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on Monday declared a "state of disaster emergency" over the accidental release of more than three million gallons (11.3 million liters) of potentially toxic wastewater from a defunct Colorado gold mine into local streams. Hickenlooper said the order would free up some $500,000 from a state …
A million-gallon mine waste spill that sent a plume of orange-ish muck down a river in southwest Colorado on Thursday was caused by a federal mine cleanup crew. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said that a cleanup team was working with heavy equipment Wednesday to secure an entrance to the …
