Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
The road was built without clearance under CRZ norms The State government will tender an apology to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for constructing a road for the proposed Vizhinjam port without clearance under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) regulations. Complaints had gone from Vizhinjam from those …
Ministry rejected all objections raised by several organisations, people living in the vicinity of the proposed airport The Ministry of Environment and Forests has cleared the proposed Aranmula international airport in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. The ministry released the order giving full environmental clearance to the project, rejecting all the …
The Talabira mines have now hit the green hurdle. The mines were at the centre of controversy through October over whether the Prime Minister was right in jointly allocating them to Aditya Birla group firm, Hindalco. But now the empowered panel of the environment ministry has sent the joint venture …
A high-level panel has recommended environment clearance to Chhatrasal coal mine in Madhya Pradesh alloted to Sasan Power, but with some conditions. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the environment ministry after deliberations recommended the project for environment clearance, but with certain conditions, according to an official document. The riders …
The fate of the Nayachar project in West Bengal for the proposed power plant along with downstream units at the island hangs in balance. The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF)-appointed expert appraisal committee (EAC) has raised fresh questions about the proposed project. Apart from ecological fragility, stability of the …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it may consider constituting one or two panels for looking into various aspects of iron ore mining in Goa including fixation of annual cap over the volume of extractions with an aim to preserve the mineral for future generations. The Forest Bench …
Of the total 179 mining leases surveyed for mapping their distance from wildlife sanctuaries, almost 93 per cent of mines are found to be within 10 kms zone of wildlife sanctuaries. Official figures show that 168 mines fall within 10kms of wildlife sanctuaries, of which, 45 are within 1.5kms, 28 …
Lack of iron ore linkages impeding steel projects in Odisha The Union steel ministry is pursuing the case of revalidation of environment clearance for the Posco project with the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) in a bid to help expedite construction work for the project. The delay in revalidation …
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which met in New Delhi on Saturday, has decided to take up the environment clearance issue of the multi-crore Vizhinjam seaport in October. The State Government had submitted the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report - prepared by …
Thiruvananthapuram: Three proposed key infrastructure projects will be considered for environmental clearance by the expert appraisal committee (EAC) nominated by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) from Thursday. The state government officials are relieved that its major project, the proposed Vizhinjam international container transshipment terminal by Vizhinjam International Seaport …
Submits channel will become a “valuable asset in terms of national defence and security” The UPA government filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on Monday, saying it wanted to implement the Sethusamudram project through the original alignment, cutting across the Ram Sethu. A Bench, headed by Justice H.L. Dattu, …
Western Ghats may be in danger again. This time from a "drinking water" supply project. Yettinahole diversion project located in the ecologically sensitive zone as per the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel involves 8 dams inside the forests, 250kms long canals, 80kms and 50kms long raising mains, a reservoir that …
The eco groups launch signature campaign against implementation of the scheme Terming the Yettinahole drinking water project as “ill conceived and skewed,” environment groups have launched a signature campaign, demanding that the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) take a re-look at the same. The campaign launched by South Asia …
This notification by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) lists members of the new re-constituted Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for EIA for River Valley & Hydro Electric Project. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India, has reconstituted the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for environmental appraisal for …
All that is required in many a case is final letter from ministry which is not being given, govt sources say. While on the one hand efforts are being made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram to push investment in the face of an economic crisis, …
The National Green Tribunal has recently directed the MoEF to revisit the environmental clearance given to the proposal for eight-fold expansion of the Pipavav port in Gujarat. It has said that the environmental clearance already given by MoEF be kept in abeyance for a period of six months so that …
The expert appraisal committee (EAC) will not clear the ECs of mining leases lying within 10km of protected areas until the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) decides on buffer zones or the mining leases have permission from the national wildlife board. EAC is examining environment clearances (EC) of …
Of 54 mining leases surveyed, one mining lease was found to be within the confines of a wildlife sanctuary (WLS), 49 within 10km of WLS and national parks (NP) and four mining leases beyond 10 km of WLS and NP. This was revealed following a survey by directorate of mines …
The Goa government criticised the Centre, the K Kasturirangan Report and the Gadgil Report on Western Ghats for not taking into consideration the ground realities of the State, while reacting to reports that the PMO had written to the State asking it to provide details of distances, coordinates for points …
Expert Appraisal Committee defers EC, CRZ clearance till final decision by MoEF on allegations While the Gujarat government seems optimistic on commencing operation of LNG terminal at Mundra by 2016, GSPC LNG Ltd, a joint venture between state-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) Ltd and Adani Group, for setting of …
