Hundreds of kilograms of dead fish were brought to the headquarters of the People's Committee in coastal Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, in a protest against river pollution yesterday morning. Local residents
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah residents buying a new water heater will soon be required to pay more for one that emits less nitrogen oxide due to a new rule designed to reduce wintertime pollution. Joel
A study by researchers from EPA and Duke University reflects how traffic-related air pollution can impact the health of people living in nearby communities. I'm driving in rush hour traffic, waiting for
In the two-week run-up to a military parade in Beijing on Thursday — a massive spectacle to mark the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II — the Chinese capital’s notoriously polluted sky
Five island nations vulnerable to climate change have joined calls for a global moratorium on new coalmines. Leaders from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu demanded
Zimbabwe has banned the movement of cattle in the southern part of the country near the South African border after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the deputy minister of agriculture said on Monday.
The managing director of Dhaka Wasa yesterday said all slum dwellers in the capital would be provided with the amenity of legal water supply by this December. Taqsem A Khan was talking to reporters
Although drought conditions have improved in many regions of the United States, higher than average summer temperatures and patchy rainfall over the summer has contributed to one of the worst wildfire
Narrow pipes installed with materials welded together with lead could be responsible for excessive levels of the heavy metal found in Hong Kong water, a member of the task force set up to investigate the
The expert panel on solar cities under the central ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), which is meeting next month, is likely to hear the presentation of Kochi Solar City project. The Kochi
Punjab Government has set aside Rs120 crore for a novel project for harvesting rainwater through an underground pipeline system (UGPS) that has been used as a highly successful and time-tested alternative
Rivers in western Uttar Pradesh like Kali, Krishna and Hindon have been polluted to dangerous levels because of the industrial waste released illegally into them by the industries. So grave is the pollution
Karnataka has filed over 30 FIRs to combat illegal sand mining while AP realised Rs 390 crore from penalties in 2014-15. To curb the menace of illegal mining of river-bed sand, governments of at least
The National Green Tribunal today directed chief secretaries of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to attend a meeting this week for devising a plan for improving water quality in six districts of western Uttar
The National Green Tribunal today rapped Uttar Pradesh government and the civic authorities for not submitting a complete action plan on collection and disposal of municipal solid waste in Gorakhpur district
Illegal coal mining continues unabated at a number of places around district headquarter of Korea in Chhattisgarh. Hundreds of quintals of coal is being extracted from these mines in remote forest areas
Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad district police on Sunday evening arrested eight persons for dumping suspected industrial waste into open manholes near Moraiya village of Ahmedabad district
PANJIM: Even as the Goa Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is yet to identify 10,000 sq mtrs of land in the industrial estates for setting up of Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility (CBMWTF)
The dengue virus is spreading rapidly in the capital with 428 fresh cases diagnosed in the past one week. The seasonal case count stands at 1,259. Of the total number of cases, 974 were reported in
The Haryana Assembly today passed a landmark legislation making educational qualifications and toilets at residence premises mandatory for the candidates of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) amid
