Forest clearance process review completed
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has completed the re-engineering of the Forest Clearance Process, but its implementation has been held up because of the Supreme Court's intervention.
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Jairam refuses to accept Orissa's word on Posco
Having been tossed between the State and the Centre for the past few months, the question of a forest clearance for Posco project is in the Orissa government's court once again. On Thursday, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh delayed a final decision on the clearance once again, telling the State that he could not accept its assurance on Forest Rights Act (FRA) implementation as long as i
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8,000 projects granted forest clearance in 5 yrs: Report
Trashing the allegation that environmental considerations are proving to be an impediment in India’s growth, as a recent study has found that the Environment Ministry has cleared an “unprecedented number”
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of cutting of trees in the forest area by POSCO, 24/01/2014
POSCO "would not carry on tree cutting/felling in the forest area" till the Odisha government gives forest clearance, says National Green Tribunal in this order dated 24/01/2014. Read text of this NGT order.
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Ramesh's letter on Posco to be sent to forest dept: Naveen
Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday said that the letter of Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh to the state putting on hold the forest clearance to the Posco greenfield steel cum captive power plant and asking to stick to provisions of Forest Rights Act, will be sent to forest department for verification. After forest department's scrutiny, we will respond to the MoEF, Pa
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PAC unearths mining scam
<p>15 mines running sans permits, 8 exceeding limits In what appears to be a massive scam in the mining sector, the public accounts committee (PAC) on Monday, pointed out that 15 mines were operating without valid forest clearances and eight mines, were extracting ore much beyond their permitted capacity.
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JSPL in talks to buy 1,320-Mw power project in Andhra Pradesh
Sources say the cost of setting up the power plant is Rs 5,000 cr; the project has already received forest and defence nod Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is known to be in talks to purchase a 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, that belongs to Hyderabad-based Kineta Power.
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MoEF rejects clearance to NMDC's Bailadila mine
The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected clearance to one of the iron-ore mines of state-owned NMDC in Bailadila district, Chhattisgarh, a senior official of the company said. "The file (for forest clearance of the mine) has been returned, may be due to misrepresentation or something like that," NMDC Director (Finance) S Thiagarajan said.
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Forest clearances to be obtained within 4 months
Nandini Chandrashekar,DH News Service,Bangalore: The State
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Jairam refers final decision on Mahan coal block to GoM
<p> Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has refused to issue forest clearance to the Mahan coal block in the Singrauli field of Madhya Pradesh, meant for the use of Essar and Hindalco power plants. However, this is not the final rejection. Instead, Mr. Ramesh has merely washed his hands of on the issue and passed the buck to a Group of Ministers to take a final decision.</p>
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Environment clearance for projects worth Rs. 45,000 crore at breakneck speed
The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) seems to be helping to raze green speed-bumps — ruffling the feathers of environment and tribal activists in the process — with environment clearances having been
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Centre blames Goa state govt for illegal mining
The Union ministry of mines on Thursday washed its hands of the perpetuation of illegal iron ore mining in Goa and informed the Supreme Court that permission for extraction of the mineral was subject to compliance of environment and forest clearances. "The state mines department allows mining after satisfying that all the clearances/approvals under concerned statutes are obtained by the lessee," the mines department told a bench of Justices A K Patnaik, S S Nijjar and F M I Kaliful
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Tribunal quashes MoEF's green clerance to Goa mining firm
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has been pulled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for "casually" granting environmental clearance for a mining project in reserved forest area
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Tangedco keen on settling contracts for three thermal projects
With the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests issuing environmental clearance for the 1,320-MW (megawatt) Ennore Special Economic Zone (SEZ) thermal power project early this month, the Tamil Nadu
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Tribal interests, norms ignored for Mahan coal block
The UPA government worked proactively to clear the block for Rs. 6,500-crore joint venture of Hindalco and Essar In the case of Vedanta, the UPA government took proactive steps to defend the rights of tribals but it has done just the opposite to clear the Mahan coal block in Madhya Pradesh, ignoring tribal and environmental interests.
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Power units in UP, MP under NGT scanner over pollution
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday sought response of the Centre, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as well as several industries, including Essar and Hindalco, on a plea opposing new power projects
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High Level Committee report to review various acts administered by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change
<p>This report tabled by Parliamentary standing committee on Science and Technology in the Rajya Sabha has asked the Ministry of Enviroment and Forests to appoint a new high-level committee to review environmental laws</p>
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Only 13 mines out of 40 that were served stop operations orders are active - Mines Department under RTI.
Only 13 out of 40 mines, which have been served the order to stop operations for failure to obtain forest or wildlife clearances, were actually in operation, while 27 are non working, according to information provided to Goa Foundation (GF) by mines department under RTI. Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has submitted a list of 40 mines to GF, which are been directed to suspend operations till they produce approval of Chief Wildlife Warden and forest clearances.
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Uttarakhand disaster: Green tribunal slams Centre over environmental impact of hydro-electric projects
Slamming the Centre for not setting up expert committees for examining environmental impact of hydro-electric projects and construction works in Uttarakhand after the recent disaster in the state, the
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Posco gets final forest clearance
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has granted the final forest clearance to Posco's Rs.54,000-crore integrated steel plant in Orissa, even while urging action against the sarpanch of one of the villages protesting against the project. Last month, Mr.