Mining

Govt to Take Neutral Stand in SC on Coal Block Allocations

Centre will not press its request for sparing 46 coal blocks from cancellation at the next hearing, even as it has started identifying mines that may be available for auction

Publication Date: 
04/09/2014
Sarita Singh
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Mining, Supreme Court, Ministry of Coal, Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Cement Industry
Environment

My ministry means business now: Prakash Javadekar

Just hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a red carpet minus the red tape to Japanese investors, environment and forest and climate change minister Prakash Javadekar said his ministry i

Publication Date: 
03/09/2014
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Supreme Court, Industrial Pollution, Cement Industry, Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Environment

We ensured transparency in environment clearances: Javadekar

Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that his ministry has ensured greater transparency by initiating online submission of applications for

Publication Date: 
03/09/2014
Zee News
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Pollution, Cement Industry, Ganga, Industrial Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Environment

Initiatives of the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

The environment ministry means business now and the entire process of environment clearance will be much simpler, speedier and transparent said Shri Prakash Javadekar highlighting ten major achievements of the Ministry of Environment and Forests so far. A high-level panel too has been set up to review green laws in two months.

Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Cement Industry, Groundwater Quality, Tiger Reserves
Environment

Japan industry fights 'Minamata' costs as mercury trade ban looms

Japan's government lobbied hard for a global pact that limits mercury use and to name the resulting treaty after Minamata, the site of a homegrown industrial disaster from the 1950s when the toxic

Publication Date: 
26/08/2014
Reuters
Tags:
Environment, Japan, Mercury, Heavy Metals, River Pollution, Water Pollution, Industry, Cement Industry
Environment

Environment (Protection) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2014

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, namely : These rules may be called the Environment (Protection) (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2014.

Publication Date: 
25/08/2014
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Environment, Environment Act 1986, Cement Industry, India, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment

Guangdong adds 20 mln permits to China's biggest carbon market

Guangdong, the biggest of China's seven pilot carbon trading markets, will this year hand out around 6 percent more emission permits to companies than in 2013, potentially aggravating oversupply th

Publication Date: 
19/08/2014
Reuters
Tags:
China, Carbon Dioxide, Emissions Trading, Green House Gases, Power Industry, Cement Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Petrochemical Industry
Hazardous Waste

Guidelines for management, handling, utilisation and disposal of phosphogypsum generated from phosphoric acid plants

The Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling & Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2008 notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 excluded phosphogypsum from hazardous waste category under Schedule-I and stipulates that the management of phosphogypsum from phosphoric acid fertiliser plants shall be carried out in accordance with the guid

Publication Date: 
16/08/2014
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Waste Management, Waste Disposal, India, Industry, Industrial Waste, Cement Industry, Waste Recycling
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by industries to river Ganga, 04/08/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh & Others Vs. National Ganga River Basin Authority & Others dated 04/08/2014 regarding pollution caused by industries to river Ganga. The Tribunal has ordered that Phuldera drain be cleaned and work starts forthwith. Also Notice be issued to the Ministry of Railway so that the work with regard to making of drain under the Railway Track can commence without further delay.

Judgement Date: 
04/08/2014
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Waste Disposal, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Uttar Pradesh, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Waste Incineration, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Cement Industry, Industrial Waste
Land

At Tyuni, living in fear of a cement project

Fateh Singh from Jaunsar-Bhabhar here points to a valley on the brink of losing its serenity.

Publication Date: 
04/08/2014
Kavita Upadhyay
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Dehradun (D), Land Acquisition, Cement Industry, Ecosystems, Land

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