Reply affidavit on behalf of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Gavhan Koliwada Matsyavyavsayik Sahakari Sanstha Maryadit Vs City & Industrial Development Corporation & Others dated 28/01/2025. City & Industrial Development Corporation submitted a proposal for CRZ clearance for the construction of coastal road from …
In a crackdown against polluting industries, China shut down 20,000 plants and got $654 billion as fine from polluters in 2015. The amount is 34 percent more than the 2014 fines. Besides, 34,000 plants had to halt production for not complying with the environmental rules, the government said in a …
MEERUT: Man-made and natural water bodies are gradually disappearing from the district. In the city alone there were 12 ponds and some of the localities are even named after them (Chhipi Tank and Suraj Kund for instance) but today not even a single water body is present, barring one in …
India's water management issues have pushed the country to the top among 11 nations on the Environmental Justice Atlas, an interactive portal conceived by an international team that maps ecological conflicts, resistances and environmental injustices. The team has expressed concern over India's plans on hydro-power generation in Himachal Pradesh and …
The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency in Morona, a district in the Amazonian region of Loreto, due to environmental damage caused by an oil spill from the country's main pipe line. The oil has already entered various rivers in the Amazon region, affecting the lives of a number …
Samarco Mineracao SA [SAMNE.UL] will pay at least 20 billion reais ($5 billion) over 15 years as part of a deal reached with the Brazilian government to settle a lawsuit for damages caused by a deadly dam spill at a mine in November, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday. …
A government panel, set up to suggest ways to improve the ease of doing business, has recommended that ministries — including coal, mines, steel, power, petro-chemicals and environment — work out a 20-year “perspective geographical plan”, indicating preferred locations for future projects, so that environmental clearances are granted at the …
Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has given approval for "ecological thinning" trials in a new national park on the Murray River, a move green groups say marks the first time logging has been permitted in forests granted the highest level of protection. At the end of last month, the Environment …
VISAKHAPATNAM: You may be enjoying the long drive on Vizag-Bheemili Road that has the sea on one side and the green hills on the other, but once you take a side road from Kapuluppada village towards Marikavalasa and Thimmapuram, you can see that massive ravaging of hills dotting the roadside …
Punjab is one of the most fertile regions in India, where wheat, rice, sugar cane, fruits and vegetables are grown and it is called the “Granary of India” or “India’s bread-basket”. Rice and wheat are double cropped in Punjab with rice stalks being burned off over millions of acres prior …
Ruptures in Peru’s main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude into the Amazon region, polluting two rivers that native villages rely on for water. National environmental regulator OEFA said the oil from the broken pipeline has poured into the Chiriaco and Morona rivers in northwestern Peru. Edwin Montenegro, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Preservation of Kasauli and its Environs (SPOKE) Vs. Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation & Ors. dated 24/02/2016 regarding constructions mainly of commercial nature in Kasauli and their adverse impacts on environment, ecology or water bodies. NGT appointed a …
Ruptures in Peru's main oil pipeline have spilled 3,000 barrels of crude in an Amazonian region, operator Petroperu said Monday, and the oil has polluted two rivers native villages rely on for water, according to government officials. Two breaks in the pipeline have halted transportation of 5,000 to 6,000 barrels …
An underground natural gas pipeline rupture that caused the largest-ever methane leak in California has been permanently capped, paving the way for thousands of displaced Los Angeles residents to return home, state regulators said on Thursday. The leak, which began in October and accounted for a fourth of all daily …
An analysis of above-ground biomass recovery during secondary succession in forest sites and plots, covering the major environmental gradients in the Neotropics.
Corps Diplomatique column | A recent gathering in the northern Norwegian town of Tromso called Arctic Frontiers became an interesting forum for a global discussion on the region and the impact its sensitive ecology has for the entire planet. Planet Earth’s circumpolar north region, or the Arctic Circle, is not …
BOGOTA – Colombia’s government said it would comply with a Constitutional Court ruling that bans all mining activities in the Andean nation’s “paramo,” or alpine tundra, regions. “We receive this decision with the utmost respect and will obviously abide by it,” Environment and Sustainable Development Minister Gabriel Vallejo said Tuesday. …
Colombia's constitutional court has banned mining in the country's moorlands, also known as "paramos". It argued that mining for gold and oil in the fragile ecosystem could cause irreversible damage. The court overturned a previous ruling that allowed mining companies which already held licenses to continue operating in the moorlands …
BOGOTA – The Colombian national ombudsman’s office said that even as the Andean nation suffers a drought, illegal mining activity annually contaminates 13 billion liters (3.4 billion gallons) of water with substances such as mercury and cyanide. Inspectors found those and other toxins in water in rural areas of Bolivar, …
There may be a global change that's causing increasing disruption-and that change is pharmaceuticals. Scientists have found that residues of medicines in water can kill aquatic animals and play havoc with their food web and reproductive cycle. "Chemical substances from pharmaceuticals wreak havoc on underwater chemical communication," said Ellen van …
While dismissing applications challenging land acquisition proceedings for the Renuka dam project, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday formed a committee to specifically report whether there is a complete and comprehensive resettlement and rehabilitation policy in place. In its detailed judgment, NGT bench headed by its chairperson Justice Swatanter …
