How to Control Industrial Pollution

Although the government of Pakistan has drawn up plans to fight against pollution, especially industrial contamination of air, land and water, the results achieved so far are far from encouraging. The failure to control pollution is generally attributed to a lack of concern and awareness among those who are spoiling the ecological balance, and lack of funds for adopting anti-pollution measures. However, a number of steps which could be taken are: • Contamination caused by industries, either in the form of smoke-emitting chimneys or

January 17th, 2010 by admin 

Environmental Science Importance

Weather cycles erratic, rising temperatures, towns flooded and depletion of natural resources. With unorganisiert growing and uncontrolled development, environment, science has become an important channel for students today. “In recent years, the environment, science as an important discipline, offer solutions to environmental problems,” said Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Andhra, Byragi Reddy. Several scientific disciplines as biochemistry,

December 31st, 2009 by admin 

Go Green Dubai

It’s advancing up to the time of year back abounding of us will accomplish added aliment decay than normal. So rather than bandy it in the approved bin, why not advice the ambiance and admixture it? Bokashi is a Dubai based company, which articles simple kitchen composting systems. All you charge to do is ample the bins with any aliment decay - raw and adapted food, tea bags, coffee granules, alike baby basic - add an activating band-aid and hey presto, aliment is

December 22nd, 2009 by admin 

Pacific gyre

Pacific gyre, pacific gyre pictures, pacific garbage patch, maps, mapas de mexico, rockville md In this video, Mother Jones interviews scientists from the recently returned Project Karsei, a ship sent out to explore ways of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the twice-the-size-of-Texas-gyre in the middle of the Pacific Ocean where much of the world’s plastic garbage collects. If you were waiting for good news from the field, you might not want to watch the video. The first portion of the video interviews crew members of the Karsei about what

November 4th, 2009 by admin 

Sindh EPD Deputed Motor Vehicle

A representative of the Sindh Environment Department has been deputed at the Motor Vehicle Inspection (MVI) office to ensure regular monitoring of smoke-emitting vehicles and check pollution, according to a notification issued on Sunday by the office of Sindh Chief Secretary (CS) Fazalur Rehman. The CS took notice of editorials in newspapers as well as public complaints, and instructed the transport department and the traffic police to monitor

October 26th, 2009 by admin 

International Day of Climate Action : Bangalore

Bangalore: Youth power was at its best in Bangalore to mark International Day of Climate Action Saturday. Bangalore’s young brigade took part in a series of events to bring into light the need to save the environment before it is too late. All the events were part of 350.org, an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis. As a part of the campaign, 350.org has dedicated Oct 24 as International Day of Climate Action. Indian Youth for Climate Network (IYCN) has been

October 24th, 2009 by admin 

20th Anniversary Environmental Media Awards Sponsers

20th Anniversary Environmental Media Awards Sponsers: Toyota and Lexus are proud to be presenting sponsors of the 20th anniversary Environmental Media Awards. This star-studded gala salutes the creative teams behind music, film and television productions that raise public awareness of environmental issues by incorporating environmental messages in their work and “greening” their operations. This year’s nominees include feature films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still and TV programs such as Grey’s Anatomy and The

October 24th, 2009 by admin 

EPA New Pollution Rules for Power Plants 2011

EPA New Pollution Rules for Power Plants 2011 : United States administration has agreed to work as per  new pollution rules for power plants by November 2011, according to groups that sued to force action from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The new regulations to cut toxic air pollutants such as mercury will target coal- and oil-burning utilities, the environmental and public-health groups announced yesterday. The coalition, which includes the Natural Resources

October 24th, 2009 by admin 

Funding Reduced for Environmental Protection

Funding Reduced for Environmental Protection: Environmental officials have spent the last week hunched over spreadsheets, trying to figure out how to lessen the impact of the largest budget cuts in recent memory in Pennsylvania. While climate change and energy issues may be near the top of the national agenda, the deal that ended the state’s budget crisis this month slashed funding for the Department of Environmental Protection by 27 percent. The cut, one of the largest among state agencies, leaves the DEP with

October 24th, 2009 by admin 

Kashmiri Farmer Defying for Water

Kashmiri Farmer Defying for  Water : Kashmiri farmers are worried about water pollution . “I live here and I will die here,” insists Safder Hussain, one of thousands of farmers defying relocation from Kashmir’s famed Dal Lake, which is slowly choking to death on sewage, silt and weeds. The iconic mountain-ringed oasis that has seduced generations of visitors has shrunk to half its original size in the past two decades - and the government

October 18th, 2009 by admin