<p>Bhutan will soon start implementing the largest Climate Change Adaptation project in the World funded through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) which is administered by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with an investment of US $ 11,491,200 (Nu. 712,454,400). .Read more in this April 2014 edition of the Monthly Overview on State of Environment, Bhutan.</p>
People affected by an irrigation project in Rajasthan are not only speaking out collectively against the insensitivity, they are teaming up with others in same soup
In a decision that will make industry more accountable to the people, the Cabinet Secretariat on January 15, 1997, made public hearings mandatory before giving environmental clearance to any
Since its inception Koel Karo project has been dogged by ugly face offs
Environment ministry waters down norms to favour certain polluting industries
MUMBAI: In the backdrop of power shortage in the state, there is good news for the people of Maharashtra and Reliance Power as well. An appeal filed against the environmental and CRZ clearances given to the power company for its proposed 4,000 MW power project in Konkan has been dismissed by the National Environment Appellate Authority, paving way for the early development of the project.
more than 100 municipalities in the us state of Pennsylvania are declaring the environmental regulations of the state and federal governments null and void. They have, in fact, passed ordinances
Though a deadly gas leak two months ago caused nine deaths, Century Rayon is back in full production despite orders from the Maharashtra environment ministry and the state pollution control board
monsoon forecast: India will receive normal monsoon rainfall in 2005, the Indian Meterological Department (IMD) predicted on April 20, 2005. Union science and technology minister Kapil Sibal said
the ministry of environment and forests seems to be keen on acquiring a people-friendly image. It has decided to make public all conditionalities laid down while granting environmental clearance
The environmental clearance offered to the Koodankulam reactors in Tamil Nadu is not based upon a careful examination of all the potential impacts on the environment and livelihoods nor does it incorporate public concerns.
Six years of litigation over the Sardar Sarovar dam comes to an end with the Supreme Court giving the go ahead to construction. The fate of those displaced by the dam still hangs in balance
decibel control: The Supreme Court (SC) has told the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to submit a comprehensive list of measures to control noise pollution. On the basis of these
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Beyond all that glittering in the congested streets of Calcutta's sex districts, is defiled environment and morbid health conditions
the extensive drive of the Union ministry of environment and forests (mef) to evict encroachers from more than one million hectares of forestland across the country by September 30, 2002, is facing
The current budget stalemate in the US has led to environmental management paying a heavy price as all major environment related programmes have been stalled indefinitely for want of clearance of
Two monopolies. One private and the other public; one in gas and one in coal. Both equally disastrous for the environment. I speak here of Reliance Industries Ltd and Coal India Ltd. We know that air
the Kerala State Electricity Board is hopeful that the Athirapally Hydro Electric Project in the state's Trissur district will be revived. The Union ministry of Environment and Forests on July 19
in an attempt to make compressed natural gas ( cng ) more affordable, the environment ministry has asked the finance ministry for a reduction in import duty on cng kits. Presently,
