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 …
Lrr — A Senegalese vehicle with registration number TH- 6248 E on Monday caused a massive oil spillage at the Bamba Tenda-Yelli Tenda ferry crossing point in the Lower River Region. Speaking to Daily Observer shortly after the incident at the site, Lamin Saidy, the regional disaster coordinator said the …
The Comptroller and Auditor General has said the Lake Development Authority and urban local bodies have taken up conservation and development of lakes in an "ad hoc manner" without proper coordination with each other. The results of performance audit showed that implementing agencies had taken up conservation and development work …
As a result of the oil spill that ravaged the Arava Desert this December, the Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company will be recognized as the worst environmental offender for the year in Israel, at this Tuesday’s Green Globe awards ceremony. The 12th annual Green Globe event, held this year in Jerusalem as …
Pope Francis released this document on June 18, 2015. The encyclical states that humans have made "irresponsible use" of the Earth, that climate change affects most people living in poverty, and that all must unite to protect the planet.
DEHRADUN: To commemorate the second anniversary of the 2013 Uttarakhand flash floods, environmentalists on Tuesday observed a day-long fast and demanded that the green bonus given by the central government must be utilized in benefitting the people of the state, especially farmers. Suresh Bhai, founder and president of NGO Nadi …
MUMBAI: Bombay High Court on Monday said no further time will be given to the Ministry of Environment and Forest to take a decision on approving the regional plan for ecologically fragile Dahanu taluka. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere heard a public interest litigation filed …
Indigenes of 254 Ijaw communities from Bayelsa State at the weekend protested against the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt which struck out the $1.5bn oil spillage and environmental degradation case against oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria. The group lamented that the judges who handled …
The Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development's Magaliesberg Biosphere project has finally yielded positive results. Magaliesberg is now listed as a Biosphere through the United Nations Education and Scientific Organisation. The pronouncement has been made at the 27 International Coordinating Council (ICC) sessions of Man and Biosphere Programme held …
VADODARA: Three affidavits were filed by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), union ministry of environment, forests (MoEF) and Larsen Toubro Ltd (L&T;) in response to the notice issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone with regard to the Statue of Unity project at Narmada district's Kevadia …
BEIJING - China has made considerable efforts to safeguard the people's right to a clean and healthy environment, according to a white paper published on Monday. The legal system for protecting the environment and eco-systems was improved, thanks to a comprehensive amendment to the Environmental Protection Law, said the white …
Hyderabad: The United Nations has decided to address the concerns of unsustainable exploitation and consumption of natural resources through this year’s theme of ‘Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume with care’, for World Environment Day on June 5. However, sustainable consumption of natural resources does not seem to be in …
About 40% of Europe’s sharks and rays are threatened with extinction, according to the authoritative red list’s first full assessment of Europe’s 1,220 marine species. Where fish population trends could be measured, nearly a third were found to be in decline by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature …
One of Australia’s rarest birds may be threatened by a controversial land clearing project in Queensland’s far north that is under investigation by the federal environment department. Conservationists claim the Olive Vale property in Cape York, owned by a cattle company that won approval to clear 330 sq km in …
A tractor which was set afire by pro-quarrying supporters near Sati Kund, Kankhal, in Haridwar on Tuesday. A Tribune Photo Additional Secretary Rakesh Sharma today said CCTV cameras would be installed at all permitted quarrying lots to keep tabs on activities. He stated this during his talks with Matra Sadan …
MANGALURU: Environmentalists in Dakshina Kannada have urged the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to cancel the environment clearance given for Yettinahole project that is being implemented through Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited. Members of Sahyadri Samrakshana Sanchaya sent a memorandum to Union minister for environment and forest Prakash Javadekar …
The 2015 African Ecological Futures report, launched Tuesday, May 26 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, during the 50th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and celebration of the 50th anniversary of the institution. This publication, jointly produced by the AfDB and the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), places …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kashinath Jairam Shetye & Others Vs Dempo Towers & Others dated 29/05/2015 regarding stay of all commercial activities like restaurant, wine shop, lubricant shop and any other commercial activities in the Chalta No.1/PTS no.10 of Panjim …
Accuses Alina of playing the lead role in the ‘opposition dramas’ and demands her resignation VASCO: The State Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) unit has warned to hit the streets and threatened to launch a mass agitation if the BJP government makes any further moves to introduce marinas in the State. …
Plains All American Pipeline, the company which owns the pipeline at the centre of an oil spill off the coast of California, on Monday downgraded the amount of oil it says spilled in a worst-case scenario. The company said the estimate of the worst-case volume of oil released was up …
Decision makers across Africa (and those outside it who have a stake in the continent's future) share the recognition that today, Africa is at a critical juncture. The continent has experienced significant and unprecedented growth across a host of development indices. In the course of the next few decades, Africa …
