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 …
Norway and Turkey were the only two of 53 countries to vote against an international ban on the dumping of mining waste at sea, at a major conservation summit in Hawaii last week. Even big mining nations including China and Russia voted in favour of the resolution at the International …
A German court said on Tuesday it would not open proceedings against executives of German potash and salt miner K+S on charges of water pollution. Prosecutors had in March pressed charges against the chief executive, chairman and 12 other employees of K+S over suspected illegal waste water disposal. The state …
The controversial Ranger uranium mine in the Top End has had its independent government oversight depleted just years before its closure in a move the local Aboriginal organisation describes as "absurd". Since December, the Supervising Scientist Branch – the agency under the federal environment department enforcing standards at the giant …
Mexico's environmental prosecutor said it had kept regular oversight of the country's largest gold mine, days after a Reuters report on a prolonged leak of contaminated water there prompted activists to accuse the agency of failing its mandate. Environmental prosecutor Profepa said that since 2013 it had completed five "administrative …
Greenpeace says three mining operations are damaging intact tracts of forest in the Three Parallel Rivers area, a UN-certified nature reserve A new investigation by environmental group Greenpeace has found mining activities within a Unesco heritage site in Shangri-La, Yunnan province, that are damaging one of the few intact forests …
Goa Environment Minister Rajendra Arlekar today said the state government will not allow dumping of rejected iron ore in the forests or protected areas . "We will not allow the rejected iron ore to be dumped in the forest or protected areas any more," Arlekar told reporters here today. The …
Coal mines in the western areas of China experience low mining rates and induce many geo-hazards when using the room and pillar mining method. In this research, we proposed a roadway backfill method during longwall mining to target these problems. We tested the mechanical properties of the backfill materials to …
New Mexico sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an agency contractor and two mining companies on Monday over the 2015 breach of an abandoned Colorado gold mine that spilled some 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater into three states. The Gold King Mine rupture, which was accidentally triggered by an …
National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone bench, Kolkata has issued notices to Ministry of Environment and Forest, Odisha government and Odisha State Pollution Control Board over plea for cancellation of environment clearance granted to Talabira-1 opencast coal mining near Hirakud Reservoir. Human rights activist Subash Mohapatra and Hemant Rout, a local …
Tarime — Deputy environment minister Luhaga Mpina yesterday issued a two-week ultimatum to Acacia North Mara Mine to first secure a permit before discharging water to Mara River and its surroundings. Speaking at the mine yesterday after a day-long inspection at the mine, the deputy minister in Vice President's Office …
From 2010-2013, integrated health and environmental responses addressed an unprecedented epidemic lead poisoning in Zamfara State, northern Nigeria. Artisanal gold mining caused widespread contamination resulting in the deaths of more than 400 children. Socio-economic, logistic, and security challenges required remediation and medical protocols within the context of local resources, labor …
ANGUL: Though coal mining is proverbialy associated with Talcher and has proved to be a major revenue grosser for the State economy, it has turned a major bane for the local people. Dust pollution caused by the mining activities has forced the people to lead a daily life of breathlessness. …
The Brazilian government and responsible mining companies must do more to ensure access to safe drinking water after a dam burst at a mine in early November and polluted a major river, a United Nations official said on Tuesday. "The Government must strengthen its monitoring of both raw and treated …
A deadly dam burst at a Brazilian iron ore mine has triggered a civil lawsuit seeking 20 billion reais ($5.31 billion) in environmental and property damages from mine operator Samarco and its owners, BHP Billiton Ltd and Vale SA, Vale said in a securities filing on Monday. The National Humanitarian …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Jayashri Nanasaheb Rajebhosale Vs. State of Goa dated 01/12/2015 regarding any kind of stone mining/ extraction of laterite stones/illegal conversion of land in the properties in survey No. 99/0, 99/1, 70/1, 70/4, 21/1, 22/1, 23/1, 74/1, …
Mud from a dam that burst at an iron ore mine in Brazil earlier this month, killing 12 people and polluting an important river, is toxic, the United Nations' human rights agency said on Wednesday. The statement contradicts claims by Samarco, the mine operator at the site of the rupture, …
A huge brown plume of mud and mining waste spread out along the coast of the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo on Monday, a little over two weeks after the collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine. According to projections from Brazil’s environment ministry, the tide is expected …
Seven years ago, Luciana Cunha paid her first visit to the fishing village of Regência, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, to surf the famous waves near the mouth of the Rio Doce. She fell in love twice – with the place and her husband, Fabio Gama – and …
Ranchi: Taking time off from his routine responsibilities, Jharkhand Food Minister Saryu Roy has been working to save water bodies from pollution, which he claims is "main reason for diseases" in the mineral-rich state. "When I embarked on the Clean Water Sources Campaign ten years ago, some people used to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Environics Trust Vs. Union Of India & Ors. dated 29/10/2015 regarding scientific closure of asbestos mines in India. It appears that mines were not scientifically closed before being abandoned. NGT had asked the Counsel appearing for the State of Rajasthan, …
