Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the notifiction delegating power for grant of EC to local bodies, 03/12/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shashikant Vithal Kamble Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/12/2018 regarding the notification dated 14.11.2018, issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) under Section 23 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, delegating power for grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) for construction projects with built up area more than 20,000 sq. meters to 50, 000 sq.

Judgement Date: 
30/11/2018
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), India, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Environment Act 1986
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding a resort coming up in forest land, village Palanpur, District Rupnagar, Punjab, 30/11/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Kudrat Sandhu Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 30/11/2018 regarding application to stop the project undertaken by M/s Metro Econ Green Resorts Pvt. Ltd.

Judgement Date: 
30/11/2018
Tags:
Forests, Hotels, Rupnagar (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Punjab, Environment Act 1986, Forest Act 1980, Ecotourism, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Clearance
Environment

Plea in NGT opposes MoEF order on clearances

A Pune-based petitioner has filed an application before the principal bench of National Green Tribunal in New Delhi challenging the Environment Ministry’s recent notification easing environmental n

Publication Date: 
29/11/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
National Green Trbunal (NGT), Pune, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment Clearance (EC), Environment Act 1986, Maharashtra, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Air Pollution

Govt officials to be prosecuted and may be sent to jail for not acting against polluters:SC

NEW DELHI: It will not only be polluters who will be sent to jail or have to pay the fine but the government agencies and officials will have have to face the same consequences if they failed to ta

Publication Date: 
27/11/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Environment Act 1986, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Supreme Court
Air Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding air pollution in Delhi NCR, 26/11/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/11/208 regarding air pollution in Delhi. The Court has been informed that as many as 749 air pollution complaints have been received by CPCB on social media. But there are still 249 complaints which are pending.

Judgement Date: 
26/11/2018
Tags:
Air Pollution, Delhi, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Supreme Court, Social Media, Environment Act 1986, Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA)
Environment

Chakri noisier than bombs, finds MPCB’s cracker testing

Nagpur: The widely used cracker, whistling wheel, popularly known as ‘chakri’, creates more noise pollution than bombs.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2018
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Noise Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Act 1986, Environment
Environment

Tribunal stops housing project lacking environmental clearance

Imposes a fine of Rs 3.2 cr, tells panel to file report within a month

Publication Date: 
26/10/2018
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), State Environment mpact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environment Act 1986, Environment
Industry

Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules, 2018: Draft Notification on Environmental Standards for Coffee Industry

The following draft of the notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) is hereby published, as required under sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986., for the information of the public likel

Publication Date: 
24/10/2018
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Tags:
Coffee, Industry, Environment, India, Environment Act 1986
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal constructions in the in the Aravali hills, 23/10/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sonya Ghosh Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 23/10/2018 regarding illegal constructions in the in the Aravali hills.

Judgement Date: 
23/10/2018
Tags:
Aravalli Range, Haryana, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Forests, Court, Land Use, Environment Act 1986
Water Resources

Notification for identification of wetlands issued: MoEF tells NGT

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has informed the National Green Tribunal that it has issued a notification for identification and protection of wetlands which prohibit encroachments

Publication Date: 
06/09/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Wetlands, Waste Disposal, Supreme Court, Environment Act 1986, Environmentalists, Water Resources

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