Pollution Control Board warns industries illegally dumping hazardous wastes [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=90393]Hyderabad: Industries resorting to illegal dumping of hazardous wastes, effluent discharges or causing air pollution and odour nuisance were by cautioned of stringent action including prosecution as per the provisions under the Water, Air and E(P) Acts by the State Pollution Control Board.

Water conservation programme for Budelkhand to be launched tomorrow [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=90396]NEW DELHI: The Centre has planned an extensive water conservation programme for drought prone areas of Bundelkhand (Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh), Marathwada (Maharashtra) and Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput (KBK) region of Odisha. The programme will formally be launched by the Union water resources minister Uma Bharti at Bandri, Sagar in Madhya Pradesh on Friday.

Arctic thaw quickening threatens trillion-dollar costs: Report [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=90357]The Arctic’s quickening thaw is melting the permafrost under buildings and roads from Siberia to Alaska, raising world sea levels and disrupting temperature patterns further south, an international study said on Tuesday.The frigid region’s shift to warmer and wetter conditions, resulting in melting ice around the region, may cost the world economy trillions of dollars this century, it estimated.

BANNERGHATTA PARK GOES FOR NOVEL WATER CONSERVATION [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=90373]Summers are indeed a testing time for animals at Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP). Unable to withstand the soaring heat, many animals just wish to immerse themselves in a pool of water. But unfortunately like every year, this year too, BBP is running short of water.

Sweden ready to share green city experience, technology [http://cmsenvis.cmsindia.org/resources/newspaper/details.asp?id=90331]ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION was at the heart of a meeting between the Maharashtra state and Swedish Deputy Minister of Environment and Climate Change Eva Svedling on Tuesday. Efficient waste management systems and cleaner transport facilities were the top agenda, said Svedling who engaged in a policy dialogue with Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis and Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam.

 Life on Earth is getting a major redistribution, and the consequences are serious [https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/04/life-on-earth-is-getting-a-major-redistribution-and-the-consequences-are-serious]Dramatic examples of climate-mediated change to species distributions are not exceptions; they are fast becoming the rule. As our study published last week in the journal Science shows, climate change is driving a universal major redistribution of life on Earth.