Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
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Naidu to take up drought aid with PM
Three lakh tonnes of rice has been sanctioned to the State under 'food-for-work' and this will be distributed in the drought-affected areas. Under the employment generation programme each person
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Cleaning up roadside litter cost state 328 million yen in '00
The Japan government spent 328 million yen in fiscal 2000 to remove garbage that was either dumped deliberately or had fallen from moving vehicles from beside national highways, according to a Land,
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US EPA decides to uphold the Clinton Administration plan to dredge the Hudson River
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided to uphold a decision by the previous administration last December to dredge 2.65 million cubic yards (1.79 million cubic metres) of silt from
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Lab raised sea urchins to pioneer efforts to reverse coral reef decline
The first sea urchins to be raised in a laboratory have been released in the US' Florida Keys in an attempt to boost the renewal of the world's third largest coral barrier reef. Scientists from the
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European Arctic under threat, says report
A new report says that even ecotourism is having negative effects right across the Arctic. Arctic Ecosystems Being Nibbled Away, compiled by a team of researchers from Finland, Denmark and the US,
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Six countries' environments to benefit from joining the European Environment Agency
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia's entry to the EEA marks the first time that former Communist states have gained admission and makes the Agency the first European Union body to
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Here comes the dredge
Bush sticks GE (General Electric) with a $460 million cleanup bill in a decision that's far more political than environmental. The Environmental Protection Agency ordered GE to begin a much debated
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Tannirbhavi project listed among CRZ violations
The committee appointed by the Karnataka High Court to look into the violations of the CRZ norms, in its final report, has listed the Tannirbhavi barge-mounted power project in Dakshina Kannada and
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Kerala will be first State to frame tourism Bill
Kerala will be the first State in the country to frame the Tourism (Conservation, Preservation and Trade) Bill to regulate tourism related activities, the Chief Minister, Mr S.K. Anthony, has said.
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Diaper recycling
A Dutch city this week embarks on a dirty job in a bid to clean up the environment : recycling the disposable nappies of its youngest citizens. Parents in Arnhem have started dropping nappies sealed