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 …
The NSW Planning Department has defended its decision to refer a planned Rio Tinto coal mine project in the Hunter Valley to the Planning Assessment Commission, saying it had strengthened conditions applying to the expansion. The department has recommended in its final assessment report that the PAC approve the expansion …
The Department of Water and Sanitation says the pollution of the Nyl River in Modimolle, Limpopo, has been contained. The Department's Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement (CME) Unit was dispatched to Modimolle on Monday after an incident relating to pollution of the Nyl River was reported. According to the department, the …
China has accelerated plans for a railway through the heart of the Amazon rainforest - prompting fury from environmentalists. On a visit to Brasilia today, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang unveiled his plans to link Brazil's Atlantic coast with a Pacific port in Peru. The 5,300km track would cut through swathes …
On the edge of an ancient forest in a remote corner of south-eastern France, a spray-painted sign marked the entrance to the “free zone”. An abandoned forestry house had been transformed into a squatted operations centre called “the fortress”. Men and women were building wooden structures, planting small vegetable patches …
Ecological Farming combines modern science and innovation with respect for nature and biodiversity. It ensures healthy farming and healthy food. It protects the soil, the water and the climate. It does not contaminate the environment with chemical inputs or use genetically engineered crops. And it places people and farmers – …
Worried by the unwillingness of the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to compensate them over the April 15 oil leak incident from Shell's Kolo Creek oil fields that devastated their farms, the farmers impacted by the spill have decided to take their case to the court. The farmers …
'Project benefits minimal, but harm to eco-sensitive zones substantial' green zone: The Yettinahole stream and the immediate catchment area fall under the Ecologically Sensitive Zone-1, which are strictly no-development zones. The Yettinahole drinking water project may be a much touted one, aimed at quenching the thirst of millions in Bengaluru …
Environmental groups and experts hit out at the US government on Tuesday following its announcement that the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell would be allowed to resume offshore exploration and drilling in the Arctic’s American waters. Unforgiving conditions in the Arctic’s icy waters not only make the chances of a spill …
The Environmental Protection Ministry intends to demand compensation of 111 million shekels ($28.8 million) from the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company for the damage caused to the Evrona Nature Reserve as a result of the oil spill there in December. Most of the payment is for damage to the ecological system …
Environmentalists accuse the government of ‘looking the other way’ after US gives green light for Shell to restart drilling for oil and gas The US government has given Shell approval to restart drilling in the Arctic despite repeated warnings from environmentalists that it could lead to an ecological disaster. The …
In partial relief to the Uttar Pradesh government regarding the controversial Kanhar dam, the National Green Tribunal on Thursday gave a green signal to the construction already underway but stayed any new construction on the site. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said: "The project proponent shall …
Cracking the whip on two commercial projects in Bengaluru, National Green Tribunal today imposed Rs 117.35 crores and Rs 22.5 crores as damages on two companies for degrading the environment. The Tribunal also directed the Centre to stop sanctioning any venture on wetlands and catchment areas of water bodies in …
Port Harcourt — Pastor Christian Lekova Kpanddei wears his camera like a weapon, slung over a T-shirt telling oil giant Shell to "Own Up. Pay Up. Clean Up". He was a fish-farmer in the Ogoniland town of Bodo, in the oil-rich Niger Delta, before a rusty 55-year-old pipeline owned by …
Says projects should not hamper environment and ecology of state in exchange for employment PANJIM: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Sunday stated that marinas would be allowed in Goa only if they get clearances from various authorities, including Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA), Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) …
The government today gave nod for introducing a bill seeking to amend Merchant Shipping Act, in line with a global convention, to protect environment and human health from ballast water and sediments used in ships. "The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave its approval for …
Up to 64 percent of above-ground biomass in selectively logged forests may consist of dead wood left over from logging damage, argues a paper published this week in Environmental Research Letters. The research is based on field work conducted in Malaysian Borneo under the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) …
Environmentalists have opposed the opening of a lead smelting company in Nyamathi Village in Naivasha. Buta addressing the press in the factory, local leader James Kabono said the plant has not environmental harm. The E-co Solution company CEO UJ Ganesh said they are fully authorised by the government The chairman …
Yenagoa — Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has faulted the Joint Investigative Visit (JIV) of the Kolo Creek manifold spill site in Otuasega community of Bayelsa State. In its field report on the incident released on Monday in Yenagoa, ERA/FoEN said the JIV did not document all the …
‘Recommendations need to be modified for it to be accepted’ The State government has formally told the Centre that the key recommendations of the Kasturirangan committee report on conservation of Western Ghats need to be modified to be accepted by the State. In a letter written on April 24 to …
The Philippines on Monday said China's reclamation work in the South China Sea had destroyed about 300 acres (1.2 sq km) of coral reef, causing annual estimated losses of $100 million to coastal nations. China's rapid reclamation around seven reefs in the Spratly archipelago has alarmed other claimants, such as …
