The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court recently directed the state government to submit within three weeks its action plan on formation of biodiversity committees by local bodies and the tim

Water insecurity costs the global economy some US$ 500 billion annually, according to Global Water Partnership (GWP). That figure does not take into account environmental impacts so the total drag on the world economy could be 1% or more of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The Delhi Lieutenant Governor has approved the construction of the Sanjay Lake View Complex in East Delhi’s Trilokpuri area.

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has granted permission to an apartment complex in the City to release its treated sewage water into a lake.

Two years after the restoration and beautification work at Pashan lake was hailed as a great example in conservation and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was lauded for its efforts, the conditi

The state assembly on Saturday passed the Rajasthan Lakes (protection and development) Authority Bill, 2015, even as the opposition demanded that it be sent to the house's select committee to fix l

BENGALURU: Upa Lokayukta Justice Subhash B Adi has directed the BBMP, BWSSB and BDA to submit a report on the encroachment into Dodda Nekkundi lake, and the irregularities in its rejuvenation work.

CHENNAI: The next time you pass Perumbakkam lake on the southern fringes of the city, instead of lamenting about its dying state, just log on to the internet and do your bit to change it.

The water quality of China's third-largest freshwater lake has been greatly improved since a massive algae bloom broke out in 2007, but pollution management remains a major problem, according to en

Pollution by plastic debris is an increasing environmental concern in the Laurentian Great Lakes where it affects open-water, shoreline, and benthic environments. Open-water surveys reveal that, in certain areas of the Great Lakes, surface water densities of plastics are as high as those reported for areas of litter accumulation within oceanic gyres. Data from volunteer beach cleanups show that typically more than 80% of anthropogenic litter along the shorelines of the Great Lakes is comprised of plastics.

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