Authorities and experts, starting with federal health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, were quick to point out that the outbreak, which raged through September and October, was linked to insanitary conditions fostered by creeping environmental degradation in Kerala, known for its lush, spice-growing hills, riverine valleys and serene backwaters that empty into the Arabian sea. Authorities and experts, starting with federal health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, were quick to point out that the...

Talking to a team of global company led by its Chief Executive Bruno Lafunt, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minster V B Singh said the government was encouraging environmental friendly industry and cement plants were permitted only in selected locations, where displacement of people was negligible and environment was not threatened. Shimla, Nov 30: The Himachal Government today said it was keen to set up cement plants in the state to utilise the vast limestone deposits but not at the cost of...

The hatchery was threatened with closure during state budget cuts in 2003, which resulted in the formation of the nonprofit group Friends of Mad River Hatchery that led a fundraising effort to collect several hundred thousand dollars to ensure that the facility remained open, according to a news release. After three years of fundraising, the community effort to keep the Mad River Hatchery open has an end in sight as state funding targeted for fish hatchery operations is expected to begin...

Anuwat Chaikitivanich, vice-president of the Sahaviriya Steel Group, said the company wanted to use only a tiny part of degraded Mae Ramphueng forest reserve, about 60 rai, which stands between the existing plant and a site for a new plant that will be set up on around 2,000 rai of land. Bangkok Post : General news. Anuwat Chaikitivanich, vice-president of the Sahaviriya Steel Group, said the company wanted to use only a tiny part of degraded Mae Ramphueng forest reserve, about 60 rai,...

Already imperiled by modernity, the sweet-voiced croaker was devastated by the 2003 forest fires that ravaged its native habitat in Southern California forest land. Forest Service noted that the stream's water level was dropping, a death sentence for the tadpoles. The yellow-legged frog once could be seen and heard throughout the lower half of the state, but predators and habitat loss reduced its population to a few hundred. The first thought of wildlife officials was to leave them alone....

As development causes the dramatic loss of wetlands and wildlife habitat nationwide ARK questions ' Arent' state and federal permits required ? ' of Engineers (USACOE ) on November 29th, 2006, ARK says the clearing is not part of a normal established ongoing forestry activity and questions why the land clearing is not going through the permitting process that is required before harvesting trees from a water body. of Engineers (USACOE ) on November 29th, 2006, ARK says the clearing is not...

Game fish, especially Kentucky spotted bass and the hybrid/stripers, sit waiting for the current to deliver a meal of shad. Every fish was well over the 15-inch minimum length, and we kept our limit of three each to give to two women who were fishing back at the pier at Ratliffs Ferry. Fishing a long, straight 12- to 15-foot flat in the channel just north of Flag Island, we found a mixture of true stripers and hybrids (a cross between striped bass and white bass) holding in the current. As...

The law, first enacted in 1970 and later updated in 1990, gives the government power to control sources of air pollution. The carbon emissions most reputable scientists believe are seeping into the atmosphere at an unprecedented rate are producing worrisome and potentially serious environmental changes. The petitioners further argued they had met their legal burden to show harm by reason of the continued air pollutant risk of carbon dioxide on public health. Article published Monday,...

The designations are likely to have little practical effect on management of the creeks because all but one -- the Santa Maria River -- are in state parks and are already managed to preserve their ecological value. The tidewater goby is a small fish that lives in lagoons at creek mouths, estuaries and other areas that contain calm, brackish water. The gobies are endangered because of destruction of their habitat by coastal development and alteration of creek channels. Critical habitats are...