Arunachal sealed
Says no to reservoir-based dams; Centre-state clash imminent
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"The DANGER to FORESTS is not over"
The subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UN FCCC met from June 2 12 1998 in Bonn, Germany. A good part of the deliberations was spent in addressing the issue of land use change and forestry LUCF , and their tre
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Half truths and damned lies
Using flawed arguments,The government is blackballing experts' warnings
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Eco-panel clears JNPT chemical terminal
The Rs. 1,700-crore marine chemical terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru port, pending enviornmental clearance, has been finally cleared, a senior Governemnt offical said on Tuesday. The empowered committee
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Enron's power boomerangs
The controversial Enron power project in Maharashtra's katnagiri district has been referred back to the ministry of environment and forests (MFF) for clearance. The decision was taken
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Programme to send food to Zimbabwe set for clearance
The World Food Programme (WFP) is expecting to get clearance to send its first consignment of maize to Zimbabwe, where food shortages are worsening and an estimated 500000 people are on the brink of
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Ban on plastic
the Centre is likely to ban the use of recycled plastic bags throughout the country. In this regard, the Union minis try of environment and forests has already got the necessary clearance from
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Sordid saga
The Sanghi jetty case takes a new turn as the Gujarat high court directs the Union government to re examine the issue of environment clearance
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Is India's Environment Safe?
<div><span>Shri Jairam Ramesh, the Minister of State for Environment & Forests should indeed be complimented for reviewing the clearances given for Vedanta (Bauxite Mining), POSCO (Steel Plant) and a few other projects. I welcome these decisions. They have certainly set a new trend in environment governance in the country. </span></div> <div> </div>
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Udangudi thermal power project all set to take off
T. Ramakrishnan CHENNAI: The Rs.9,000-crore Udangudi super critical thermal power project in Tuticorin district is all set to take off as the Union Environment and Forests (E&F) Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee has recommended the project to the Ministry for environmental clearance, which is critical to the project execution.
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Gaping chasms
A proposed bridge to link Vypeen island with the mainland spurs controversies
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"Green" signal?
Even as environmentalists protest, the controversial Cogentrix thermal power plant is cleared by the Supreme Court
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Not in sync
AP court stays bauxite mining
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Sanghi jetty
PM's help sought : Gujarat has strongly urged the prime minister to intervene and secure environmental clearance for the jetty project of Rs 900-crore mega-cement plant which the Hyderabad-based
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Green tribunal says ‘no' to Jindal steel
In a significant decision, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday set aside the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the 4 MTPA Coal Mining Project of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and 4 MTPA Coal Washery at Gare in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh on grounds of faulty public hearing. The company had been granted EC in May 2009. The NGT has directed that the public hearing may be conducted again but not under the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) who conducted it earlier. The verdict delivered by Justice C.V Ramulu and Prof R. Nagendran held that the entire “public hearing was a farce and makes a mockery of the public hearing process”.
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Unholy nexus
The link between corporate funding and research rankles
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Coast is unclear
<I>The official hostility to the most important instrument for safeguarding India's coastal ecology may prove disastrous</I>
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The written code
Based on public hearings, environmental clearances are given to companies concerned
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Centre grants environmental clearance
The crucial environmental clearance for upgrading the Cuddalore Tuticorin highway, along the coast line, has been granted by the Union Government. The road implementation scheme is part of the Tamil
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Panel discusses Jaitapur plant
NEW DELHI: The 10,000 MW nuclear power plant that the NPCIL proposes to set up at Jaitapur, Maharashtra, with reactors from French company Areva, was on the agenda of the Union Environment Ministry's Expert Appraisal Committee meeting on Monday. According to some members, the committee plans to recommend a conditional environmental clearance for the plant.