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 …
According to ONGC's proposal initially five exploratory wells will be drilled at the Kutch-Saurashtra offshore block ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd has got environment clearance (EC) for its Rs 580 crore project to drill seven exploratory wells in Kutch Saurashtra offshore block GK-OSN-2009/2 on west coast of …
Korean steelmaker says the original size of the plant will remain unchanged An expert panel has recommended renewal of environment clearance for Posco’s proposed steel project in Odisha, raising hopes that the Korean company will be able to start work on its much-delayed plant. Posco’s original $12-billion proposed plant at …
Committee asks company to submit compliance report The experts appraisal committee (EAC) of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has deferred Tata Power's application for green note for converting a 500 -Mw oil-fired unit at its Trombay plant here to a coal-fired one. The EAC, which met on May …
Both required fresh clearance as coal availability was an issue The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment and Forests Ministry has reiterated its recommendation, given three years ago, for granting environmental clearance for the Rs. 8,400-crore Udangudi supercritical thermal power project. The committee has also recommended environmental clearance …
An environment panel has recommended that Tata Steel be allowed to expand its production from the Sukhinda chromite mines in Odisha, paving the way for the company to resume operations that were suspended in January. The expert appraisal committee for mining decided to recommend clearance for enhancing production from the …
PANJIM: Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has constituted 11 members Expert Appraisal Committee to examine issues relating to both, environment clearances of iron ore mining leases and illegal handling of dumps in Goa. The Appraisal Committee, chaired by ex-secretary MoEF, Vishwanath Anand, has been directed to submit its report …
PANJIM: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests told the Supreme Court that “it had no choice” but to consider the area within 10 km of all national parks and wildlife sanctuaries in Goa, as ecologically sensitive zones, thus bringing a majority of mining leases in the State within the …
The regional office of ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), Bangalore, has completed the inspection reports of 40 mines of which 10 reports have been submitted to the MoEF's expert appraisal committee (EAC) in Delhi. Based on these reports, the EAC will recommend to the MoEF whether to revoke the …
A high-level environment ministry panel has recommended coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance for setting up a desalination unit at Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant (KKNPP) in Tamil Nadu. The desalination plant functions on distillation (mechanical vapour compression) principle. Seawater will be drawn from the sea and will be fed to the …
The green revalidation for the Korean major is stuck with the expert panel Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has said the government has not firmed up its views on green clearance for the Rs 52,000-crore Posco project in Odisha. The expert appraisal committee (EAC) was yet to submit …
The steel ministry has asked the environment ministry to expressly revalidate the green clearance to Posco’s stranded steel project in Orissa “to avoid unnecessary noises raised by NGOs and anti-project entities.” The ministry would also begin fresh talks with the Naveen Patnaik government to stress the need to hand over …
A high-level Environment Ministry panel has recommended granting green clearance to the proposed international airport at north Kerala’s Kannur district. The decision to recommend the environmental clearance for the airport was taken at the recent meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Building Construction, Coastal Regulation Zone, Infrastructure Development …
Faced with environmental hurdles in pushing vertical growth in the state, the Kerala government last month amended its municipal building rules to change the very definition of 'high-rise' buildings to get around the stringent new requirements for a green nod. Kerala and some other states have strongly opposed the union …
PANJIM: The Central Government, acting through the Union Environment and Forests Ministry, has blamed the Goa government for the current mining imbroglio, in a 107-page affidavit filed before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, pointing out to repeated directives issued by it, in a bid to ensure compliance of various mining …
In the wake of the CBI raid implicating an officer of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in arranging green clearances for certain mining projects in Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, the ministry has for now put on hold all projects associated with the implicated consultant. Sources said a limestone …
The company has said that gas supplies from Reliance D-6 block was dwindling The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has allowed GVK Group's gas-based power plant in East Godavari to use diesel as an alternate fuel after the company said gas supplies from Reliance D-6 block was dwindling. The …
Infra ministers, govt bodies join the chorus as murmurs about corruption resurface When Jairam Ramesh was replaced as environment minister some 18 months ago, loud sighs of relief from industry greeted the news. Ramesh, in the short period at the helm of the ministry, had acquired a reputation for inflexibility, …
The environment ministry is hardly a “green roadblock ministry” as is being made out by the PMO. The MoEF’s Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) on River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects considered a total of 262 hydropower and irrigation projects in the last six years and green signalled every single one of …
After claiming to have conducted an analysis of the minutes of over 60 meetings of Expert Appraisal committee (EAC) of the union ministry of environment and Forests (MoEF), the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (SANDRP), an Environment NGO, has alleged that the not a single hydropower and …
South Asia Network on Dams Rivers and People (SANDRP), an advocacy group, has claimed that the Expert Approval Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on River Valley and Hydroelectric projects has not rejected a single hydropower and irrigation project in the past six years. A total …
