BICHOLIM: The North Goa Truck Owners’ Association (NGTOA) on Wednesday set a deadline of March 15 for the government to solve the mining issue.

Chairman of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) Jose Manuel Noronha has decided to knock on the doors of the State administration for action as Cavelossim villagers cried foul over the no

Union environment ministry has decided to revoke suspension of the environmental clearances of mining leases to Goa, effected by the previous Congress government in 2012 over allegations of illegal

Union minister for environment, forest and climate change (MoEF) Prakash Javadekar has assured chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar that the Centre will revoke environment clearances (EC) which has be

Goa govt blatantly asks MoEF to remove suspension of ECs, even though Gadgil report indicts the manner in which the EIAs were done; Gadgil recommended that ECs should be reviewed every five years,

Panaji: The principal bench of National green tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, on Thursday has taken over the NGO's case challenging the setting up of a solid waste management facility (SWMF) on Saligao

The central government has come to the aid of River Sal—once the lifeline of Salcete—which now suffers from high levels of contamination.

Under pressure from owners, Parsekar will ‘beg’ for renewal of 10 ‘big daddy’ leases on a case-by-case basis

A report by Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) on pollution in St Inez creek has indicated that a section of residential and commercial complexes have been polluting the water body.

MoEF tells Goa government that fresh ECs have to be got for all renewed leases; fresh EIAs after public hearing required; body blow to mining resumption as new EC process may take close to a year,