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 …
Livingstone Akanni lives in Kubwa Extension II Residential Area, a suburb some kilometres from the Abuja city centre. The serenity cast by the shadow of an imposing rock was an attraction for many of the about 5,000 people who built their homes in the area. But since a quarry firm …
PANJIM: The St Cruz residents raised their pitch to save Bondvol Lake from being lost to “unplanned development and land sharks” by holding a special meeting on Sunday evening near the church. The residents attended the meeting in a large numbers and discussed the reasons why this important water body …
NEW DELHI: With cities growing at a rapid pace, a renowned environmentalist has said it would be a "disaster" if balance is not maintained between nature and construction activities as the builders were "selling" a high standard of life instead of quality. "What the government's smart city initiative is, and …
DEHRADUN: A recent study by the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) has found that black carbon travelling from Mediterranean countries during the western disturbance (which brings winter rains to India) may be one of the contributing factors leading to the receding snowline in the Himalayas. Black carbon is …
GUWAHATI: At a time when dam-induced flood has ravaged Assam’s Golaghat district as well as in Kerala, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC)’s standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SCNBWL) will take the crucial decision on September 7 whether to grant or reject clearance …
The Centre has suggested a slew of relaxations in the new draft of coastal norms proposed for India's islands, including those involving eco-tourism, road construction using reclamation, and storage of petroleum, chemicals and mining for the construction sector. The draft Island Coastal Regulation Zone (ICRZ) notification has been made public …
The notable ecologist correctly ascribed the disaster to governance failures, but his own panel's recommendations may not have been the right solution Last week, a well-recognised doyen of ecological studies, Madhav Gadgil sparked a controversy by saying that the Kerala floods were partly a result of governance failures. He took …
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), says it has recovered over 95 per cent of spilled oil from the recent spill incidents on sections of the Trans Ramos Pipeline (TRP) in Aghoro and Odimodi communities in Bayelsa and Delta states respeftively. The pipeline, which has remained shut-in …
In this report, CHIKA OKEKE examines issues bordering on resuscitation of Lake Chad and the need for regional governments to tackle the problem headlong. The Lake Chad is encircled by four countries of Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad while the greater part of its shorelines are made up of marshes. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs. State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 20/08/2018 regarding construction of ‘Palchan–Rohtang’ Ropeway. NGT questions why forest clearance has not been granted inspite the Court's directions. Court expresses its unhappiness at the progress of …
Le Dinh Luong has been accused of taking part in activities aimed at 'overthrowing the state' - charges Amnesty says are political. 'For peacefully campaigning on behalf of fishermen affected by an environmental disaster, Le Dinh Luong could face a life sentence or even the death penalty,' Amnesty's Clare Algar …
Antidepressants don’t just affect human libidos. New research shows that female starlings fed food spiked with the antidepressant fluoxetine (Prozac), were less “attractive” to males and so less likely to mate. This is the latest evidence highlighting the potential harm of the drugs that we are releasing into the environment. …
For four generations, Portz family life has focused around a quaint, red-brick farmhouse and the fertile fields beyond, ready for early harvest after this summer’s high heat. Soon, the family will pull its last potato and a final spike of grain from the rich Immerath soil. The Portz matriarch puts …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya’s leading property developers are staring at an uncertain future as the government intensifies implementation of a regeneration plan for the capital of Nairobi that has resorted to demolition of structures on riparian land and other sensitive biodiversity hotspots. President Uhuru Kenyatta in December last year launched …
The Dead Sea is shrinking at the rate of about a meter a year, leaving behind deserted beaches and sinkholes in a slow-motion environmental disaster. The main culprit is the drying up of the Jordan river, its main tributary, as communities upstream draw on it for farming and drinking. But …
The Bombay High Court (HC) has rejected a bunch of petitions filed by housing societies and private developers, challenging a 2017 National Green Tribunal order and a subsequent resolution of the government, restraining any development work on hilltops and hill-slopes and 100 meters area surrounding hills. A division bench of …
The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, has said that the Nigerian government and the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited ought to be ashamed of their conduct in Ogoniland rather than speak of cleanup plans for Ogoni as an achievement. MOSOP spokesperson Mr Fegalo Nsuke …
India ranked bottom of the list in the environmental health category, and ranked 178 out of 180 on air quality. The EPI found that air quality remains the leading environmental threat to public health. Seven months after India found itself among the bottom five countries on the Environmental Performance Index …
Prior to the back-to-back bleaching events that hit the Great Barrier Reef in 2016 and 2017, the UNESCO World Heritage Site had suffered two other bouts of extensive bleaching in the past two decades, one in 1998 and another in 2002. The damage done to the Great Barrier Reef by …
Dar es Salaam — President John Magufuli has reiterated his governments stance to implement the controversial Stiegler's Gorge hydro-electricity generation project inside the Selous Game Reserve (SGR) along the Rufiji River Basin, stressing it has multiple benefits. The President made the remark during his meeting with envoys and representatives of …
