Pollution in Eastern Afghanistan
Region: AfghanistanFactory owners say new industrial parks outside Jalalabad aren’t fit for use. By Hijratullah Ekhtyar From the outside, the building in the residential district of Jalalabad’s Do Saraka are... more
Views: 579Making Chennai a Dream City
Region: IndiaFormer President A P J Abdul Kalam, has a dream to make Chennai an eco friendly city. He envisaged a Chennai, whose two and four wheelers used a combination of bio-fuel and solar panels, which eventually reduced the emissi... more
Views: 1236Peruvian Commission Confirms Oil Contamination by Maple Energy in the Amazon
Region: Peru
A special Peruvian Government Commission has officially confirmed Maple Energy's role in environmental pollution and health problems affecting two indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon. After spending four days ... more
Views: 2337Arsenic in their Glass!
Region: India
Hundreds of people in a central Indian village are battling cancer after their drinking water was contaminated by arsenic. Chhattisgarh state of India has millions of tons of iron, bauxite and other minerals... more
Views: 1442A river flows RED- River Pollution in Nepal
Region: Nepal
September 08, 2011: I was horrified with what I had seen a river named dhobi khola in Anamnagar kathmandu was turned completely red due to contamination. The river flows in the middle of the metropolitan city wh... more
Views: 1602Industrialization and pollution
Region: India
The Indian economy is booming. The different industries in India include iron and steel, textiles, manufacturing and chemical industries. However, there are fears our industries are growing too fast without checks on their... more
Views: 2999Orissa's minister in the dock for breaking noise norms
Region: IndiaSchool and Mass Communication minister of Orissa, Pratap Jena, is in the dock for breaking the norms of sound pollution. According to a petition, filed by Prasant Dash in the high court of Orissa, the minister had gone to ... more
Views: 1451Bitter Sweet or Toxic? Indigenous people, diabetes and the burden of pollution
Region: Canada
WINNIPEG—Diabetes is now widely regarded as the 21st century epidemic. With some 284 million people currently diagnosed with the disease, it’s certainly no exaggeration—least of all for Indigenous peop... more
Views: 1258Rising religiosity hurting Indian environment
Region: IndiaThe news that came out of Delhi recently was depressing. The water supply in the metropolis was disrupted as the supply lines were clogged. North, West, North-West and parts of South Delhi suffered severe shortages... more
Views: 1452Ozone Peak in Paris today
Region: France
Today, it has been announced that there may be an ozone peak In the Ile de France region. It has been remarked that a slight cloud of gray pollution is visible from the higher parts of Paris. This is due to the high temp... more
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