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 …
Indians living with the consequences of water pollution at the site of the 1984 Bhopal poison gas disaster sought to keep alive their U.S. lawsuit against Union Carbide Company (UCC) when they filed, this week, arguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that the company …
FUKUSHIMA – In a survey that began in April 2014 to check the impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns, 30 children have so far been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and 27 others are suspected of having the disease, a prefectural government panel said Monday. Most of them were thought …
Criminal syndicates are currently generating an estimated $258 billion from illegal plunder of the planet's natural capital, says a joint UNEP-Interpol report launched on Saturday ahead of the World Environment Day. The 'Rise of Environmental Crime' report reveals that illegal exploitation and trafficking of flora and fauna has spiked by …
China has released an ambitious plan to make 90 per cent of its polluted agricultural land “safely usable” within four years, as it addresses a longtime problem that affects food security and public health. A survey published in 2014 estimated that 20 per cent of China’s arable land was contaminated …
Carambolim: A mass mortality of fish in Carambolim lake is raising a stink and along with it the suspicion that the health of the world famous birding spot may be deteriorating. Of recent a few threats have been putting the water body under stress. Fish started dying in large numbers …
For cattle in the Serbian village of Slatina, drinking from the Borska Reka river is likely to prove deadly. A stream of yellow and brown sludge comprised largely of toxic waste, the Borska Reka has for a century been a run-off from a nearby copper mine and is one of …
Environment degradation is affecting Katanga’s ecosystem, a Southern Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, experts say. Water conditions are deplorable from the intense pollution caused by several metal mining companies. Katapula river, located 30 km from Lubumbashi, flows in the Katanga region. Most of its fish are dead. Their death …
In a sweeping synthesis of global data, the United Nations Environment Programme has intensively catalogued environmental assaults across the six different major regions of the globe. And it finds that, overall, damage to the planet is happening more rapidly than before, through slights ranging from air pollution, to the proliferation …
Kannur: In the backdrop of the recurring incidents of the carcasses of dolphins and turtles getting washed ashore in different places in the state, a special team from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) started their visit along the Kerala coast to study the cause. The team led by Deepesh V, …
Illegal factories process 95% of all e-waste and are flouting safety norms; they are also taking business away from licensed recyclers ohammed Sabir spent his childhood learning to dismantle broken circuit boards. It was a reliable source of income for a long time, but the health hazards of handling toxic …
Biodegradable plastics are the new buzzword. The once ubiquitous polythene bags have started disappearing from neighbourhood shops and markets in the city. Random raids and a squeeze on the supply chain have had a telling effect. So, when ‘plastic’ has suddenly become this dirty word and paper a sad alternative …
Vietnam on Thursday banned the sale and distribution of non-living aquatic products in its central region, following inconclusive efforts to explain why huge numbers of dead fish washed ashore. The ban tackles fears of a health threat along 200 km (124 miles) of the coast, after the government said the …
Vietnam is investigating a massive fish kill at aquatic farms and in waters off the country's central provinces that state media reports have tied to alleged toxic discharges coming from a steel complex built by Taiwan's Formosa Plastics. The Taiwan's company local unit Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp, …
KOLKATA: Mollar Bheri that has been the waste dumping site of tonnes of daily waste from Salt Lake, New Town and Rajarhat area for years has become a dangerous environmentally hazardous area, emitting dangerous toxic waste as revealed by a study conducted by Toxics Link, a Delhi based environment NGO. …
Recycling has always been found helpful against global warming. However, with the commodities being priced lower than before, electronic recyclers around the world is experiencing some tough times. One of the major problems they face is how to get rid of toxic materials from old television sets. NBC News reported …
Environmental activists in China are calling for new laws and an independent investigation into how hundreds of Chinese students fell ill – in some cases severely – after attending a school built on a toxic waste dump. In a case that is being compared to one of the worst environmental …
Terming as a “serious” issue the fire at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai which is emitting toxic gases, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the incident. Javadekar, who held a telephonic conversation with the Commissioner of Mumbai on …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as pollution of rivers by industrial effluents is becoming a major concern in the State, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for an action taken report (ATR) from Chief Secretary and Chairman of State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) in the matter. Acting on a complaint filed …
When Germany committed itself five years ago to phasing out nuclear power by 2022, there was one big gap in its plans -- what to do with the waste that can remain toxic for hundreds of thousands of years. That issue remains unresolved even after a government-appointed nuclear commission came …
Ahmedabad: Poisonous vapours from the sewage line in house killed Shyama Kumawat, 26, a resident of Silver City Society on Vastral Road, and her daughters Sangeeta and Lalita in March last year. In the subsequent probe, the Ramol police found that the deaths were caused by illegal dumping of toxic …
