Mining

Coal Blocks Part of 11th & 12th Plan May Go Unhindered

The Planning Commission has said that steps for ensuring domestic coal production for the Eleventh and Twelfth Plan period should be allowed to go unhindered.

This forms part of the recommendations of the Plan panel submitted to the Group of Ministers headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which is considering environmental concerns relating to coal mining and other developmental issues.

Publication Date: 
07/04/2011
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Coal, Mining, Minerals, India, Planning Commission, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Pollution, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Conservation, Ministry of Coal, Energy
Solid Waste

Jairam meets activists over waste project

Minister of environment Jairam Ramesh met a group of protesters living in colonies located around the controversial Timarpur-Okhla waste to energy project, owned by Jindal Ecopolis, at Paryavaran Bhawan on Friday.

They demanded that the minister take immediate steps to stop these waste to energy projects coming up in Okhla, Timarpur, Ghazipur and Narela-Bawana.

Publication Date: 
02/04/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste To Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Toxic Wastes, Delhi, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Hazardous Waste

Moratorium lifted on 8 industrial clusters

The Environment Ministry today lifted moratorium imposed on eight industrial clusters located in critically polluted areas in different parts of the country for considering projects for environmental clearance.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Industrial Pollution, Haryana, Panipat (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), India, Hazardous Waste
Solid Waste

Jindal's Okhla waste-to-energy plant broke law, says Jairam

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Waste To Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Renewable Energy, Solid Waste, Public Hearing, Delhi, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Industry

Consideration of projects for environmental clearance based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI)- Extension of Moratorium up to 30-09-2011

Consideration of projects for environmental clearance based on Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI)- Extension of Moratorium up to 30-09-2011.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2011
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Tags:
Industry, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), India
Water Pollution

Jairam meets Sheila, Hooda over Yamuna pollution

Duo told to ensure untreated effluents are not released into river
Delhi and Haryana on Sunday agreed to keep their end of the bargain by deciding to take remedial measures for curtailing pollution in the Yamuna.

Publication Date: 
28/03/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Pollution, Yamuna, Delhi, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Haryana, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Industrial Waste, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Water Quality
Environment

Press Release on Real time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network launched by MoEF

Shri Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State for Environment and Forests launched the Real time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network here today. In its first phase, it will cover 35 stations in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai. MoEF has also received Rs 200 crores under bioremediation for the first time to be used for cleaning operations in highly polluted areas.

Publication Date: 
26/03/2011
PIB
Tags:
Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, Noise Pollution, Delhi, Hyderabad (T), Calcutta (T), Mumbai, Bangalore (T), Chennai (T), Leather Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Water Pollution

Ramesh raps Delhi, Haryana on Yamuna

Union minister for environment & forests, Jairam Ramesh, on Wednesday targeted the Delhi and Haryana governments for their failure to clean the Yamuna and blaming each other instead for pollution in the river.

Speaking at the launch of the real-time Ambient Noise Monitoring Network (ANMN) here, the minister said,

Publication Date: 
24/03/2011
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Haryana, Yamuna, River Pollution, Noise Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Water Pollution

Watch what you are Drinking

A Central Pollution Control Board survey has revealed that there has been a substantial increase in the presence of Total Dissolved Solids, chloride, alkalinity and few other substances in ground water in the State, Vivek Trivedi reports

The growing urbanisation and industrialisation is taking its toll on the environment mostly in urban settings and apart from other things, these factors are af

Publication Date: 
08/03/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Drinking Water, Water Quality, Water Pollution, Bhopal (T), Madhya Pradesh, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Water Pollution

Dirty Yamuna: Munak canal only solution

Claims Study By Pollution Board
New Delhi: A study by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)has statedthattheonly solution tocontrolthehigh pollution levels in Delhi

Publication Date: 
07/03/2011
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, Yamuna, Haryana, Canal Irrigation, River Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

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