Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect and poor maintenance appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 25.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Futala Lake’s charm fades amid neglect …
Marco Antonio Corrales has given up on the peanut and alfalfa crops he was growing this season along the banks of the Sonora River in northern Mexico. That’s because the waterway, polluted by a copper sulfate solution that spilled from Grupo Mexico SAB (GMEXICOB)’s Buenavista del Cobre mine last month, …
The Mexican authorities have issued a new alert about a toxic spill into a river from a copper mine run by the mining giant Grupo Mexico. Officials in the northern state of Sonora asked people not to use water from the Bacanuchi river after an orange stain appeared in it. …
Mexico is sending federal officials to Sonora state to oversee Grupo Mexico SAB (GMEXICOB)’s $150 million cleanup of a copper mine spill that the government says contaminated the water supplies of at least 24,000 people. The special commission of environmental and agriculture ministry officials will monitor the company’s pledge to …
GURGAON: Following an order from the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the MCG has asked the marble traders of Sikanderpur to clear the debris from the Aravali forest area in a week's time and warned them of strict action, including sealing of their shops, if they fail to comply. The MCG …
Mexico's environment secretary said on Tuesday that Grupo Mexico gave false information about a toxic spill at its Buenavista mine in northern Mexico, a day after the environmental authority said it would file a criminal complaint against the company. In a statement on Aug. 12, Grupo Mexico said that "unusual …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Goa Paryavaran Savrakshan Sangharsh Samitee Vs M/s. H.L. Nathurmal & Others dated 19/08/2014 regarding mining waste disposal. The Applicant has stated before the Tribunal that on visiting the mining premises of M/s. H.L. Nathurmal (Respondent No. …
A spill that dumped billions of gallons of mining wastewater into creeks and lakes this week has led local officials in British Columbia to declare a state of emergency and raised concern for migrating sockeye salmon. The Cariboo Regional District said the declaration will help it get access to needed …
Hydraulic engineering is increasingly relied upon to provide the necessary dry-season discharge for Peru’s hydroelectricity generation. Redirecting stream flow can yield unintended consequences, however, and here we document the wholesale contamination of the Lake Junín National Reserve by acid mine drainage from the Cerro de Pasco mining district. Since construction …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Goa Paryavaran Savrakshan Sangharsh Samitee Vs M/s. H.L. Nathurmal & Others dated 31/07/2014 regarding mining and its waste management, Goa. The Applicant herein (M/s. H.L. Nathurmal) makes a statement that they have been adhering strictly to the conditions of the …
Mountaintop mining (MTM) affects chemical, physical, and hydrological properties of receiving streams, but the long-term consequences for fish-assemblage structure and function are poorly understood. We sampled stream fish assemblages using electrofishing techniques in MTM exposure sites and reference sites within the Guyandotte River basin, USA, during 2010–2011. We calculated indices …
Companies hewing marble once favoured by Michelangelo from the mountains of northern Tuscany have halted work for two days in a clash between the interests of industry and art and those of the environment and countryside. The lockout, in which workers are barred from the quarries run by 150 firms …
The next time you want to dig into a spiced, crunchy fried mussel or fancy some coconut-laced clam gravy while lounging in a Goa beach shack, you might have to look harder for it. An alarmed Goa forest and environment ministry last week ordered a probe into the death of …
The National Green Tribunal refused to revoke its interim order banning illegal, unregulated and indiscriminate rat-hole mining in Meghalaya. Read text of this order issued on 9 June 2014 by NGT’s special circuit bench, Eastern zone, comprising Justice (retd) Swatanter Kumar and Ranjan Chatterjee related content Workshop: CSE workshop on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Circuit Bench at High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong) in the matter of Threat to Life Arising Out of Coal Mining in South Garo Hills District Vs. State of Meghalaya & Ors. dated 09/06/2014 regarding illegal mining activity resulting in loss of life. Previous Orders
PANJIM: As the South West monsoon is set to arrive in Goa anytime now, the Goa State Pollution Control Board has decided to order inspection of all the 28 jetties, where ore is stacked, to ensure that it does not get washed into the river and pollute it. Currently, three …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) refused to overturn its earlier decision to ban ‘rat hole’ coal mining in Meghalaya, even as it reiterated that the ruling is based on the undisputed fact that the practices (traditional coal extraction) are illegal and have caused serious air, water and environmental degradation. The …
Rioters torched vehicles, equipment and buildings at Vale's nickel mine in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia over the weekend, as anger boiled over about a chemical spill in a local river. The $6 billion Vale plant at Goro in southern New Caledonia was closed earlier this month after …
PONDA: Bhoma-Adcolna gram sabha on Sunday resolved to move the court over failure of authorities to stop dumping of iron slag by a steel plant in the Kundaim industrial estate. Villagers alleged that with heavy rains the dumped iron slag flows into a canal and when it over flows the …
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to conduct a study for ascertaining the level of pollution in mineral-rich Sukinda region of Jajpur district due to indiscriminate mining and industrial activities. A division bench of Justice I Mohanty and Justice SC Parija has also …
The ministry of economic affairs will begin an independent investigation into whether Kuenphen Norden mine in Khariphu, Mewang gewog adversely impacts the five villages below it. Economic affairs minister, Norbu Wangchuk, said the ministry’s mandate was to issue or renew license of mines based on the clearances from local governments, …
