Water Pollution

The Environment Management Agency (EMA) has hauled Norton Town Council to the High Court over continued discharge of raw effluent including sewer into Darwendale Dam causing major threat to residents and aqua life. The battle has stretched for 10 years now but according to EMA, the town council is not…

The National Green Tribunal on January 27 sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking execution of its order to make arrangements for supplying drinking water in a village in Rewari district of Haryana as underground water in the area was con…

The Waters of the United States rule, usually called WOTUS, is another name for the Clean Water Rule, passed by the Obama administration in 2015. It was designed to provide guidance over water in the United States, which is more complicated than you might think; it includes intertidal zones, underground…

The National Green Tribunal was told by a committee on January 24 that mass mortality of migratory birds at the Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan was not because of 'avian influenza' or 'pesticide poisoning' but due to avian botulism caused by a bacteria.Avian botulism is a serious neuromuscular illness of birds caused…

Amarinder said the level of rivers in the state has reduced from 17 MAF to less than 13 MAF. The groundwater, that meets 73 per cent of irrigation requirement of the state, has declined to alarming levels, threatening the livelihood of farmers.(File Photo)Sta…

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The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates betrayals of public trust. Sign up to receive our stories. ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa Everywhere Randy Souder looked, he saw mud. On his soggy fields. In the mechanized crannies of his plante…

Hog hell… In praise of powerful words… Hog HellI read “Raising a Stink” by Barry Yeoman in the January 13/20 issue with intense interest. Yogi Berra could have told me it was “déjà vu all over again.” Or perhaps “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” In…

Hog hell… In praise of powerful words… Hog HellI read “Raising a Stink” by Barry Yeoman in the January 13/20 issue with intense interest. Yogi Berra could have told me it was “déjà vu all over again.” Or perhaps “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” In…

In early January, members of the Chesapeake Bay Commission sat in a gray conference room in Annapolis, Maryland, for a routine meeting. The 21-member legislative body, with representatives from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland, convenes regularly to coord…