December, 2021 - NEWS EJUSTICE

PFAS the “Forever Chemicals”

It shouldn’t be a surprise that there is a high probability you have been exposed to these silent killer chemicals, called PFAS. PFAS has recently gained significant attention worldwide after...

Permission to be granted for coconut cultivation paddy lands

dailynews.lk The Presidential Task Force on Green Socio-Economic Solutions to Climate Change was convened at the Ministry of Environment yesterday (16). The discussion was chaired by the Chairman of the...

වවන්න බැරි කුඹුරුවල පොල් වවන්න අවසර

ඩයනා උදයංගනී – lankadeepa.lk වගා කළ නොහැකි සියලු කුඹුරු ඉඩම්වල පොල් වගා කිරීම සඳහා අවසර ලබා දීමට අමාත්‍ය මණ්ඩලය තීරණය කළ බව පරිසර අමාත්‍ය මහින්ද අමරවීර මහතා පැවසීය. දැනට රට...

Antarctic ice shelf could crack, raise seas by feet within decade, scientists warn

By Tim Fitzsimons An Antarctic ice shelf could crack and disintegrate within the next decade, allowing a Florida-sized glacier to slide into the ocean and raising sea levels by feet, scientists...

Six dead giraffes: Kenya drought horror captured in single picture

theguardian.com Six dead giraffes lie in a spiral on the dry earth, their bodies emaciated and interwoven. The aerial shot, taken by the photojournalist Ed Ram, shows the devastation of...

EDITORIALHeads China wins, tails Lanka loses

Thursday 16th December, 2021 The government has got telling lies down to a fine art. A few weeks ago, it declared that it would not pay for a consignment of...

Elevated Expressway via Thalangama Wetland Govt. speeding past environmental roadblocks?

“The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to construct an elevated highway above the Thalangama Wetlands in May 2021” “The Thalangama Elevated Expressway project is the first Build, Operate, Transfer (BOT) project...