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Vulture Population Decline In India Linked To Premature Human Deaths: Study
The research places the annual monetary damage from this public health crisis at nearly $70 billion.
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Boat Carrying Diesel Fuel Sinks Off Ecuador's Sensitive Galapagos Islands
A scuba diving boat sank Saturday off one of Ecuador's ecologically sensitive Galapagos Islands but damage was minor and no one was hurt, officials said.
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Union Minister Warns Against Moving Ahead With Kerala Silver Line Project
Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan on Saturday met people protesting against the K-Rail Silver line project in the Kottayam district of Kerala and said it will create "ecological issues" in the state.
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Over 100,000 Hectares Burned As Greece Faces "Ecological Disaster" From Wildfires
Hundreds of firefighters battled Thursday to contain new flare-ups in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece, where summer infernos have caused what the prime minister described as the country's "greatest ecological disaster in decades".
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State's Duty To Stop Damages To Nature: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that State is duty bound to restore the ecological imbalance and there must be some stringent measures which may have deterrent effect so that the violators may think twice before causing damage to the nature.
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Assam Oil Well Fire Put Out After Herculean Effort Over 5 Months
More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living Blamed For Damage To Yamuna Floodplains By Green Court
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living has been held responsible by the National Green Tribunal or green court for damaging the ecology of the Yamuna floodplains during the three-day cultural extravaganza held last year and asked the organisation to pay for the restoration works.
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Green Panel Notice To UP Government On Tree Cover Loss In Mathura
The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura's Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently.
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Files Flung, Babus Scolded: a Judge Fights for India's Environment
The judge was disgusted. Four bureaucrats stood meekly before him, their heads bowed. In May, he had ordered them to inspect the damage wrought by development near an ecologically sensitive lake bed in Bangalore, one of India's fastest-growing cities. But their report left the judge far from impressed.
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China Says Island-Building Ecologically Benign
China's construction on disputed reefs in the South China Sea will not destroy ocean ecology, the country's maritime regulator said, in the face of complaints from the Philippines that the work is damaging coral in the area.
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Kudankulam nuclear plant gets green signal from Madras High Court: 10 big developments
The Madras High Court has given its go-ahead for the two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). The Rs. 13,000-crore first phase of the project covers reactors 1 and 2, and has seen many hiccups. There have been big protests for months by thousands of villagers and activists who have said that they are not convinced t...
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Yes to Navi Mumbai airport, everyone on board
The new airport for Mumbai has been given the final thumbs-up. The Expert Appraisals Committee that was studying the Navi Mumbai airport for environmental impact has cleared the project.Planned 30 kilometres away from the current Chattrapati Shivaji airport, the location of the Navi Mumbai airport has been a contentious one because of its env...
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Vulture Population Decline In India Linked To Premature Human Deaths: Study
The research places the annual monetary damage from this public health crisis at nearly $70 billion.
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Boat Carrying Diesel Fuel Sinks Off Ecuador's Sensitive Galapagos Islands
A scuba diving boat sank Saturday off one of Ecuador's ecologically sensitive Galapagos Islands but damage was minor and no one was hurt, officials said.
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Union Minister Warns Against Moving Ahead With Kerala Silver Line Project
Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan on Saturday met people protesting against the K-Rail Silver line project in the Kottayam district of Kerala and said it will create "ecological issues" in the state.
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Over 100,000 Hectares Burned As Greece Faces "Ecological Disaster" From Wildfires
Hundreds of firefighters battled Thursday to contain new flare-ups in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece, where summer infernos have caused what the prime minister described as the country's "greatest ecological disaster in decades".
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State's Duty To Stop Damages To Nature: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that State is duty bound to restore the ecological imbalance and there must be some stringent measures which may have deterrent effect so that the violators may think twice before causing damage to the nature.
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Assam Oil Well Fire Put Out After Herculean Effort Over 5 Months
More than five months after the Baghjan gas well in Assam's Tinsukia district burst into flames after a blowout that killed three people and is believed to have caused great damage to the region's rich ecology, the fire has been finally doused.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art Of Living Blamed For Damage To Yamuna Floodplains By Green Court
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living has been held responsible by the National Green Tribunal or green court for damaging the ecology of the Yamuna floodplains during the three-day cultural extravaganza held last year and asked the organisation to pay for the restoration works.
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Green Panel Notice To UP Government On Tree Cover Loss In Mathura
The National Green Tribunal has sought the Uttar Pradesh government's response on a plea alleging loss of green cover in Mathura's Jawahar Bagh, where clashes between encroachers and security personnel left 29 people, including two policemen, dead recently.
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Files Flung, Babus Scolded: a Judge Fights for India's Environment
The judge was disgusted. Four bureaucrats stood meekly before him, their heads bowed. In May, he had ordered them to inspect the damage wrought by development near an ecologically sensitive lake bed in Bangalore, one of India's fastest-growing cities. But their report left the judge far from impressed.
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China Says Island-Building Ecologically Benign
China's construction on disputed reefs in the South China Sea will not destroy ocean ecology, the country's maritime regulator said, in the face of complaints from the Philippines that the work is damaging coral in the area.
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Kudankulam nuclear plant gets green signal from Madras High Court: 10 big developments
The Madras High Court has given its go-ahead for the two 1,000 MW Russian reactors at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP). The Rs. 13,000-crore first phase of the project covers reactors 1 and 2, and has seen many hiccups. There have been big protests for months by thousands of villagers and activists who have said that they are not convinced t...
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Yes to Navi Mumbai airport, everyone on board
The new airport for Mumbai has been given the final thumbs-up. The Expert Appraisals Committee that was studying the Navi Mumbai airport for environmental impact has cleared the project.Planned 30 kilometres away from the current Chattrapati Shivaji airport, the location of the Navi Mumbai airport has been a contentious one because of its env...
