Tag: #Pollution
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Dutch Court orders Shell to pay Nigerian farmers for Oil Spills
A Dutch court has ordered Shell to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers for oil spills causing pollution
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UN Talks About Conservation Plan
Paris, Jan 13 (AFP/APP): As crunch UN talks to reverse the accelerating destruction of nature loom, indigenous peoples are sounding an alarm over proposed conservation plans they say could clash with their rights. The COP-15 UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, China — provisionally slated for early October — will see nearly 200 nations attempt to…
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Hamza Shafqat Started a Cleanliness Drive at Bari Imam
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (APP): Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Hamza Shafqat on Wednesday started a cleanliness drive at Bari Imam (an area in the outskirts) to make the area clean. A large number of Tiger Force volunteers and inhabitants of the area participated in the drive and dumped the trash in trolleys after collection from various…
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Nations Fail to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Paris, Jan 5 (AFP/APP): More than half the world’s nations failed to submit upgraded commitments by year’s end to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, straggling behind the schedule of accelerated climate ambitions set out in the Paris Agreement. Almost every country on the planet signed up for the 2015 Paris deal, which calls for capping…
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Number of Wildfires in Brazil Increase!
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 3 (AFP/APP): The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 percent last year to a decade-high, according to official figures likely to add to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro’s government over the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. There were a total of 222,798 wildfires across Brazil in 2020, the highest number…
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Effects of Tannery Zone Project
SIALKOT, Jan 03 (APP): Newly-elected Chairman Sialkot Tannery Zone Association Chaudhry Raza Munir said that the tannery zone project launched by the business community will put far-reaching effects on the industry. He expressed these views while talking to a delegation led by Vice-Chairman SIAL Chaudhry Muhammad Afzal Shaheen here on Sunday. The delegation was comprised…
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What Activities are Causing the Earths Surface to Sink
ISLAMABAD, Jan 01 (APP): Human activities such as groundwater removal and other natural causes are leading to the sinking of the Earth’s surface and the phenomenon will affect 635 million people, mostly in Asia, with a total exposed Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $9.78 trillion in the next four years, warn researchers. By 2024, 19…
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Brick Kilns Asked to Minimize Pollution
MULTAN, Dec 26 (APP): District administration asked brick kiln owners to shift their brick kilns on zig-zag technology without any delay as further relaxation in this regard will not be tolerated. Additional Deputy Commissioner General (ADCG) Qamar-ul-Zaman Qaisrani expressed these views while holding a meeting with brick kiln owners at the committee room DC Office…
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Encroachments To be removed from Nullahs and Sewerage Lines
SUKKUR, Dec 17 (APP): Sukkur Administrator Nisar Ahmed Memon on Thursday said that encroachments to be removed from the nullahs and sewerage lines so as sewerage system could be improved. He said this while visiting different union councils of Sukkur city, along with the officials of Taluka Municipal Administration (TMA) New sukkur, and other relevant…
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20 Smoke Emitting Vehicles Fined
20 smoke emitting vehicles have been fined.