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 …
Jalandhar: Setting up of a large number of thermal plants can prove to be a curse for Punjab. Asserting this, Dr HS Virk, a nuclear physicist and director of a research centre in a local institute, on Friday said the latest scientific studies made in leading international institutions had proved …
Washington: Environmentalists have long denounced plastic as a pollutant that does not break down. A new study indicates that in the oceans, plastic does decompose with surprising speed, but says that is not a good thing either. Thousands of tons of plastic debris wind up in the oceans every year, …
Tribal inhabitants and forest-dwellers today pressed for their forest rights through a huge rally in the city. The Campaign for Survival and Dignity, a national forum for the tribals and forest-dwellers, protested non-implementation of Forest Rights Act by taking out a rally which saw participation of hundreds of tribals from …
London: A British court has ruled in favor of a group of young people who say pollution from a former steelworks contributed to their birth defects. Eighteen claimants aged between nine and 22 sued a local authority, claiming their mothers were exposed to what one expert called an
FARMERS from the Mettur area are planning to meet Chemplast Sanmar shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday, to sensitise and warn them about the unaccounted social costs due to the company's alleged legal and environmental violations. "The company has consistently polluted the land and water in the …
MUMBAI: At a time when Chembur residents are seeking the closure of the Deonar dumping ground for emitting toxic gases, a bio-medical waste treatment plant set up by the BMC at the ground's entrance is adding to their woes. The incinerator, which burns 10 metric tonnes of bio-medical waste, is …
Britain has decided to take back more than 1,400 tonnes of toxic waste that was found in Brazil last week. The waste, contained in over 80 containers, included domestic and food waste, technological products, syringes, condoms and bags of blood. Britain has already launched an inquiry to probe how hazardous …
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has issued a show cause notice to a private company for causing pollution and contaminating an aquifer with toxic discharges in Sarhaul village in the district. Munjal Showa Ltd has been issued the notice under Section-33A of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act-1974 …
Washington:A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals. Fireworks are fun and exciting, but the flashing displays can harm the environment and pose risks to human health. According to a report in ABC Science, researchers …
A boat carrying used lubricants of motor launches dump the toxic waste straight into the Buriganga with little regard for the environment and the lifeline of Dhaka. The photo was taken at the Sadarghat in the capital.Photo: Shawkat JamilHelemul Alam Apart from untreated industrial and household wastes, burnt motor oil, …
A boat carrying used lubricants of motor launches dump the toxic waste straight into the Buriganga with little regard for the environment and the lifeline of Dhaka. The photo was taken at the Sadarghat in the capital.Photo: Shawkat JamilHelemul Alam Apart from untreated industrial and household wastes, burnt motor oil, …
Ropar: A large number of fish were found dead in the Sirsa-Nangal River today evening. Villagers from nearby Avankot village raised hue and cry on seeing a large number of fish floating dead on the surface of the river near the Sutlej-Sirsa confluence. Water in this perennial river comes from …
Supreme Court on Tuesday assigned federal and provincial environment departments the task of exploring a way out for providing financial assistance to the owners wherever needed for conversion of 'carbon emitting' buses and auto rickshaws into environment friendly vehicles running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as fuel. The apex court …
Four Central Asian countries called on Monday for international help from governments and business in clearing toxic nuclear waste left over from the Cold War when they formed part of the Soviet Union. The appeal from the four -- Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan -- was backed at a one-day …
Ivory Coast sued Trafigura for dumping toxic waste THE High Court of Justice in London ruled that some testimonies against Dutch oil trading company accused of dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast will be heard in private. The ruling followed allegations that the company, Trafigura, was trying to influence witnesses. …
Simon Romero Claudia Albino, a washerwoman who earns about $3 a day and lives in a one-room hovel with her family in this bleak town of La Oroya in the Andes, might seem at first to have nothing to do with Ira Rennert, the reclusive New York billionaire who built …
Despite the fact that dumping old computers in developing countries has been declared as violation of international law, Pakistan was being used as dumping ground for over 50,000 tons of e-waste that hurts local industry and also creates environmental and health hazards. Despite being a signatory to the Basel Convention …
