Biomedical waste dumping: NGT seeks Tambaram Corporation Commissioner’s response on penalties to hospitals
National Green Tribunal questions Tambaram Municipal Corporation over false fines issued to hospitals for illegal waste dumping.
Democrat and Chronicle16d
The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
It’s one of the more serious emerging pollution threats to the Great Lakes, which have a long history of manmade threats and restoration efforts. Microplastics are formed in a number of ...
bangaloremirror.indiatimes10d
Pollution board told to identify what is dirtying city’s lakes
Review of water quality in lakes, tanks, ponds reveals unsavoury extent of pollution The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has yet again directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board ...
Madambakkam lake full of sewage, hyacinth
Madambakkam Lake in Chennai is plagued by pollution, illegal garbage dumping, and encroachment, despite a ₹10-crore ...
CNN9d
Why tourists are being told to wipe their shoes before visiting the ‘world’s clearest lake’
The lake was always known for its pristine waters, but in 2013 scientists published research on the lake’s clarity, revealing that, like pure water, it had a visibility of between 70 and 80 ...
The New Indian Express15d
Make Daya river pollution-free, demand activists
The other demands included making Chilika Lake pollution-free and restructuring of the Chilika Development Authority by taking in experts, environmentalists and representatives of fishermen's ...
Phys.org29d
Ice in the sky: Thailand's fight against air pollution
Flying through Bangkok's cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below. This is Thailand's desperate, unproven attempt at reducing the ...