Tag: Environment
Punjab govt to set up tannery zones to protect environment
LAHORE: The Punjab government has planned to set up separate tannery zones to control pollution and protect the environment, Punjab Local Government Minister Manshaallah...
Rain provide respite from smog
Rain cleared volatile matters which had increased smog’s toxicity
After suffering more than ten days amidst smoggy situation, which had prevailed due to the hazardous smog,...
Lahore’s medical waste not being properly disposed
The situation of medical waste disposal in the city is extremely dire. Internationally accepted guidelines on the proper management of waste are largely ignored, medics...
Illegal oil extraction plants making money at cost of environment, people’s...
Units using used-tyres for extracting furnace oil operating in Badami Bagh, Green Town, Thokar Niaz Baig, different localities on Bund Road and areas adjacent...
Do you know what you’re breathing, EPA certainly doesn’t
Punjab Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality monitoring stations have been broken for years
The Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (AAQMS), run by the Punjab Environmental...
Sahiwal Coal Power Project: An environment test case for govt
The level of hazardous Sulphur dioxide (SO2) gas and Particulate Matters (PM10) at the construction site for the ongoing Sahiwal Coal-fired Power Project has...
Earth hasn’t heated up this fast since the dinosaurs’ end
Courtesy National Geographic
Carbon is pouring into the atmosphere faster than at any time in the past 66 million years—since the dinosaurs went extinct—according to...
Storks give up migration, eat junk food instead
Courtesy The Independent
The stork’s reputation in folklore for transporting babies to broody households owes much to the lengthy migration it makes each spring from...
Italy changes law to make all supermarkets give unsold food to...
Courtesy The Independent
Italy is set to pass a law that will make supermarkets donate their waste food to charities.
It will become the second European...
Underwater hotels intend to improve life beneath sea
Courtesy Huffington Post
When it comes to the future of travel, many experts have looked beyond Earth to the cosmos, naming space tourism as the...
LHC admits petition seeking ban on Qingqi rickshaws
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday admitted for hearing a petition seeking ban on Qingqi (motorcycle-rickshaws) across the city, a local media reported.
According to a...
Global community urged to guard ozone layer for sustainability of life
Experts urged the global community on Thursday to take all-out measures to substantially mitigate emissions of carbon gases which are the key factor in...
Hotter, weirder: How climate has changed Earth
WASHINGTON—
In the more than two decades since world leaders first got together to try to solve global warming, life on Earth has changed,...
UK introduces ‘Bio-Bus’ powered entirely by human waste
The first bus in Britain powered entirely by human and food waste has made its first journey on Thursday.
Bio-Bus, a 40-seater shuttle service between...
Ozone problem on course for fix by mid-century: UN
In some rare good news for the environment, the UN on Wednesday said Earth's damaged ozone layer was "well on track" for recovery by...
Global trash burning more polluting than expected: study
NEW DELHI—
Rampant trash-burning is throwing more pollution and toxic particles into the air than governments are reporting, according to a scientific study estimating...
Smoke emitting vehicles risk for environment
The increasing number of smoke emitter and old-age vehicles on the busy roads of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad hazardous to health of...
