Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Centre will not press its request for sparing 46 coal blocks from cancellation at the next hearing, even as it has started identifying mines that may be available for auction The government will not press its request for sparing 46 coal blocks from cancellation at the next Supreme Court hearing, …
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that his ministry has ensured greater transparency by initiating online submission of applications for environment and forest clearances. Speaking on his government's initiatives in checking pollution, Javadekar added his ministry has upgraded pollution norms for the …
Just hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a red carpet minus the red tape to Japanese investors, environment and forest and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar said his ministry is no longer playing "Office Office" with green clearances. Instead the entire process has been made transparent by bringing it …
The environment ministry means business now and the entire process of environment clearance will be much simpler, speedier and transparent said Shri Prakash Javadekar highlighting ten major achievements of the Ministry of Environment and Forests so far. A high-level panel too has been set up to review green laws in …
Japan's government lobbied hard for a global pact that limits mercury use and to name the resulting treaty after Minamata, the site of a homegrown industrial disaster from the 1950s when the toxic metal poured into a river, poisoning thousands. But a year after the Minamata Convention on Mercury was …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely : These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2014. …
Guangdong, the biggest of China's seven pilot carbon trading markets, will this year hand out around 6 percent more emission permits to companies than in 2013, potentially aggravating oversupply that sent prices tumbling earlier this year. The market is meant to rein in climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from power stations, …
The Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 excluded phosphogypsum from hazardous waste category under Schedule-I and stipulates that the management of phosphogypsum from phosphoric acid fertiliser plants shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of Central Pollution Control …
Fateh Singh from Jaunsar-Bhabhar here points to a valley on the brink of losing its serenity. If a cement company finalises its plan to set up a plant in the valley, land in 10 villages nestling in it will be acquired. The people in these habitations believe that if the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others dated 04/08/2014 regarding pollution caused by industries to river Ganga. The Tribunal has ordered that Phuldera drain be cleaned and work starts forthwith. …
11 new industrial estates planned The new Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) 2014, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) (IPR, 2014, CSR and State’s own SEZ) policies for the State will be announced by the end of this year, informed Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Saturday in …
Companies and research institutes from China and the United States on Tuesday signed deals on eight joint projects for coping with climate change just before a China-US high-level annual meeting opens on Wednesday. The projects address carbon capture, usage and storage, hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) reduction, and the move toward low-carbon cities …
The Centre is overhauling coal blocks bidding policy, formulated by the previous UPA government, to attract investments as the pilot set of auctioned mines could not find any takers. The coal ministry proposes to set up an agency on the lines of Power Finance Corporation that bids ultra mega power …
The Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the most up-to-date, comprehensive and relevant analysis of our changing climate. Climate change impacts on the extractives and primary industries sectors are wide ranging and may affect aspects of exploration, extraction, and production of industrial commodities. This briefing …
The Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 excluded phosphogypsum from hazardous waste category under Schedule-I and stipulates that the management of phosphogypsum from phosphoric acid fertiliser plants shall be carried out in accordance with the guidelines of Central Pollution Control …
As many as 16 mining companies engaged by various cements plants in Meghalaya were found to have extracted limestone for years without getting mandatory clearances from Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and recommended cancellation of the mining leases. "Out of the 16 mining leases granted for carrying out mining …
Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Kharai Juth Gram Panchayat & Others Vs State of Gujarat & Others dated 20/06/2014 regarding the encroachment of the Gauchar land, water bodies, lake and also upon the private lands of various agriculturists by Jaypee Cement Ltd in Village …
The coal ministry plans to auction about 25 coal blocks that were taken back from private firms over delays in developing them. These blocks have not attracted lawsuits so far. The recalled blocks mainly consist of small mines but do include some big ones like Mahal and Rajbar in Jharkhand, …
Even as he urged the different departments and officers to take active initiative towards a greener Meghalaya, the Chief Minister, Dr. Mukul Sangma shied away from mentioning the environmental degradation caused by the various cement plants and coal mining in the state. Dr Sangma was addressing the World Environment Day …
CHITTAGONG: Pollution in the River Karnaphuli, the lifeline for thousands of needy families in Chittagong, is going on unabated, posing a serious threat to the aquatic life and environment. Absence of Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP), inoperative ETPs, sewerage and treatment plant, and dumping of household solid and liquid waste into …
