Water Pollution

The world's most polluted capital city is blanketed in a toxic smog of car fumes, agricultural smoke and factory waste most winters, but it is less severe in summer months. PHOTO:AFP/FILE NEW DELHI: New Delhi suffered a rare summer air pollution alert Monda…

By 2030, at its current pace of growth, the fashion industry is expected to be worth $3.3 trillion. It will manufacture 102 million tons of clothes and shoes. For comparison, that is the weight equivalent to a half million blue whales. If nothing changes, the…

By Sharon Kelly, an attorney and freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She has reported for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Nation, National Wildlife, Earth Island Journal, and a variety of other publications. Prior to beginning freelance writing, she…

There's a specific stand of bald cypress trees along the Black River in North Carolina that are some of the oldest trees in the country. Locally known as the Three Sisters Swamp, there are several trees in the group known to be more than 1,000 years old. But…

The city has seen a drastic rise in the number of vehicles after the bifurcation of the State. While 9,86,870 vehicles were registered in 2016-17, the number of vehicles registered in 2019, as of March, is 3,38,270. At this rate, the city would see over 13.5…

Many of the planet's most valuable mineral resources are to be found within and beneath forested landscapes. And our insatiable appetite for material goods and serviceseverything from basic essentials to the latest, must-have gadgetis driving global demand fo…

How the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper sparked Atlanta's growth

* Corresponding authors a Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Treatment & Resource Reuse, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, P. R. China E-mail:zaifengshi@163.com, zxp_inorganic@126.com b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hainan Normal…

Nitin Gadkari said the government had taken up projects worth Rs 50,000 crore to decongest DelhiNew Delhi: Delhi will be completely free of air and water pollution in the next three years, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday, stressing that it was h…

Oregon environmental authorities have denied a permit for the the Jordan Cove natural gas export project, citing concerns about water pollution and damage to waterways. The company behind it can appeal or reapply. But this latest hurdle could block what looke…