Air Pollution

Thampanoor may get unit to monitor air quality

The public can be sensitised to the extent of air pollution

Publication Date: 
06/10/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (D), Air Pollution, Air Quality Monitoring, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide
Water Resources

Pampa river system in danger

The river basin had witnessed an unprecedented water scarcity last summer

Publication Date: 
08/08/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Pampa, Drinking Water Scarcity, Rainfall, Water Resources
Climate Change

First world responsiblefor climate change: CSI

SI Synod supports Gadgil panel report for protecting the Western Ghats

Publication Date: 
27/07/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Western Ghats, Climate Change, Ecology, waste, Waste Recycling, Green House Gases
Forests

Team counts endemic trees of Western Ghats

BSI attempt is part of a three-year research programme

Publication Date: 
09/06/2017
E.M. Manoj
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Trees, Western Ghats, Wayanad, Periyar, Forests
Water Resources

River walk’ scripts a new conservation paradigm for State

An enthusiastic crowd of Ministers, villagers and environmentalists join the cause of the once vibrant Varattar river

Publication Date: 
30/05/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Rivers, Water Conservation, Monsoons, Water Resources
Environment

PCB serves closure notice on three firms at Edayar

Crackdown on units flouting pollution norms to continue

Publication Date: 
24/05/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), State Electricity Board (SEB), Supreme Court, Environment
Health

Herbal supplements are not all safe and green

Alternative medicine can cause long-term harm to the liver and kidneys

Publication Date: 
22/05/2017
C. Maya
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Herbal Medcine, Ayurveda, Health Effects, Health
Wildlife

Elephant census begins in Kerala on May 17

Last census, in 2012, had put the number of elephants at 6,177 in the State

An elephant census will be held in southern India from May 17 to May 19.

Publication Date: 
12/05/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Elephant, Census/ Habitat Monitoring, Wayanad, Periyar NP, Wildlife
Pesticides And Toxins

State yet to fully comply with SC order

Payment of compensation to endosulfan victims

Publication Date: 
10/05/2017
C.S. Narayanan Kutty
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Endosulfan, Health Effects, Pesticides, Hazardous Products, Supreme Court, Compensation, Pesticides And Toxins
Water Resources

Greens protest delay in river restoration work

Allege that CIAL is ignoring the orders of the Additional District Magistrate on restoring the damaged stretch of the river at Arippara

Publication Date: 
08/05/2017
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Kerala, Rivers, Hydroelectricity, Kozhikode (D), Water Resources

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