A major gas pipeline project in Gujarat is almost on the verge of getting derailed due to opposition from Jamnagar Congress MP Vikram Madaan. The Mangala Development Pipeline project is the longest continuously heated and insulated pipeline in the world. Work on 590 kms of pipeline has been completed from Barmer to Salaya in Gujarat.
Hyderabad: The Japanese nuclear crisis has triggered fresh fears among people in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh where protestshave been raging for several months over the proposed 2,000 MW nuclear power plant. Environmentalists, local villagers and opposition parties are up in arms against the nuclear power project at Kovvada on the grounds that it would cause environmental pollution and
<p>In the Konkan, thousands of families in the environmentallyrich and verdant Jaitapur area are waging a non-violent battle against the Department of Atomic Energy’s plan to construct the world’s biggest nuclear power complex in the region.
Western companies are in the race for slice of the lucrative market for clean technologies such as renewable energy and water or soil treatment projects in India and China, which corporate leaders say will be worth trillions of dollars in a few years as the Asian giants grapple with rising oil prices and pollution.
Genetic resources or biological materials derived from plants and animals remain the the basis for improvement of agricultural crops and for medicines for 75 per cent of the world's population. The
Yet again, DTC plays games on the conversion of its buses to CNG
Although Canadian mining company Manhattan Minerals Corporation conti nues the Tambogrande project in an effort to discover more gold, local residents say that the project could ruin the region's key
What was designed as a hangar for 21st century airships will soon be converted into the world's largest indoor rainforest. German officials have permitted Tropical Island Corporation, a uk-Malaysian
Dikkowita Fisheries Harbour, Sri Lanka's international tuna project has been ditched by Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). The bank withdrew its proposed funding of us $50 million
Mining firm Acquitted: On April 24, 2007, Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's biggest gold producer, and one of its executives were acquitted of charges related to dumping unsafe levels of toxic
Petition filed against NPCL in Udupi
Moving towards privatisation of mining in India, the Union government granted Essar Steel Limited a prospecting licence in February 2007 to mine iron ore reserves in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
Broken Hill Proprietary Corporation (BHP), an Australian minerals, energy and steel company, will contest charges of polluting fish habitats near its isolated Ekati diamond mine in the North West
National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited's Institute of Commodity Market and Research has submitted its report to Abhijit Sen Committee on measures that need to be taken to ensure farmers' security in futures trading. The report agrees with the need for futures trading, but differs on when and how it should be introduced. The recommendations are: <br>
Chastened by the state High Court's orders on its apathy in disciplining effing polluting units, the Gujarat government has taken belated action and cut off water and electricity connections
The Peruvian government has decided to allow the residents of Tambo grande town to take the final decision about allowing a Canadian company to mine in their area. Manhattan Minerals Corporation, the
The Delhi high court has issued notices to the Central Pollution Control Board, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Development Authority and the Police Commissioner in a petition regarding
The Supreme Court has ordered the immediate suspension of mining operations by private companies in the scheduled forest areas of Andhra Pradesh. A large number of mining companies, including
A high court in Ankara, Turkey, recently overturned a ruling that had been hailed by many in Turkey as a massive step forward in environmental protection. In May 2001, a lower court in Izmir had
the Municipal Corporation of Dehi ( mcd ) has finally found a productive way of getting rid of the city's garbage. In a month's time, the first private-run compost plant is likely to begin
