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Coral reefs facing threat from pollution, dredging and blast fishing

A swelling population, land use change, unscientific waste disposal, mining of corals, coastal erosion, and unregulated construction are exerting pressure on the Lakshadweep islands, one of the most sensitive and fragile coastal environments in the country.

Issue pertains to contamination of wells, borewellsdue to oil leak in north Chennai

Members of the National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench, on Tuesday castigated the Union government for not taking any remedial measures in north Chennai, where wells and bore-wells were contaminated due to leaks from the pipelines of oil marketing companies (OMC).

Sri Lankan authorities today denied media reports that oil is leaking from a barge anchored at the Galle Harbor in the south.

The State pollution control board will collect water samples from Tondiarpet on Wednesday to check the level of contamination from oil seepage.

Groundwater in the northern neighbourhood has been contaminated for the past six months due to oil seepage from a pipeline belonging to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

The groundwater in sample-tested areas of Tondiarpet, where an oil leak from a pipeline was reported in July, is severely contaminated with petroleum products, an IIT Madras team has said in its pr

The groundwater in sample-tested areas of Tondiarpet, where an oil leak from a pipeline was reported in July, is severely contaminated with petroleum products, an IIT Madras team has said in its pr

“Presence of highly inflammable products can result in explosions in Tondiarpet”

A preliminary investigation report on the recent oil leakage in Tondiarpet found that the groundwater in the north Chennai locality is severely contaminated with petroleum products.

The Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas on Monday told the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal that the oil companies are contemplating shifting some of the pipelines from certain

Chittagong Directorate of Environment has set August 18 for further hearing on oil leakage that occurred on July 30 at Kalurghat area adjacent to Karnaphuli river from derailed wagons carrying furn