Energy

Environmental impact and management plant for Alaknanda H.E. Project, Uttarakhand: executive summary

This project, Alaknanda Hydro-electric project (300 MW) is located in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand. The total population of Joshimath tehsil is 39,919 (Census, 2001). There are around 16 villages in the vicinity of the Alaknanda H.E. project (within 10 km radius from the project sites).

Publication Date: 
01/01/2007
CIHMSE
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Alakananda, Hydroelectricity, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Chamoli
India

 Public hearings on Tipaimukh project a farce

Act 1; Scene 1

Publication Date: 
30/12/2006
Sunita Akoijam
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), North East, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Displacement, Conflicts, India, Manipur, Churachandpur (D), Tamenglong (D)
India

 Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra

Publication Date: 
14/12/2006
A Wakid
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Noise Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Brahmaputra, Dolphin, Endangered Species, Earthquakes, Oil Exploration, Petrochemical Industry, Geology, India, Assam, Oil India
Wildlife

Scoping mission to the Dhamra Port Project

In July 2006, Aban Marker Kabraji, IUCN Regional Director for Asia met Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman of the TATA Sons in Mumbai to discuss various aspects of environment and corporate social responsibility for TATA

Publication Date: 
01/12/2006
IUCN
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Ports, Dredging, Wildlife, Turtles, Bhitarkanika NP, Gahirmatha Marine SA, Larsen & Toubro (L & T), Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha)
Mining

 Way off the mark

The EIA reports for the UAIL projects are a travesty. The biggest impact of the project will be on the local water regime

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
Down to Earth
Tags:
Air Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Utkal Alumina International (UAIL), Water Resources, Rivers, Indravati, Biodiversity, Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi
India

 Bangalore Mysore corridor leads nowhere

on october6, 2006 the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (kspcb) withdrew the consent for establishment it had granted to Bangalore-based Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (nice) for the

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Urbanisation, Urban Development, Urban Planning, Roads, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Karnataka, Bangalore (D), Mysore (D)
Industry

 Report on financial relations of developing countries and IFIs

• International finacial institutions (IFIs) are powerful. IFIs get into contractual agreements with borrowing governments and, in turn, the citizens of these countries are bound by the terms of

Publication Date: 
14/11/2006
Down to Earth
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Finance, Private Sector, Information, Legislation, World Bank, Developing Countries, Statistics, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Environment

Report of the task force on the mountain ecosystems [environment and forest sector] for Eleventh Five Year Plan

A Task Force on Mountain Ecosystems for Environment and Forests sector for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2011) was set up by the Planning Commission, Government of India. The mountain ecosystems in this report include all the geographical limits of Himalaya and North-eastern states within Indian territory, collectively termed as Indian Himalaya Region (IHR).

Publication Date: 
01/11/2006
Planning Commission
Tags:
Environment, Mountain Ecosystems, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, India, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Climate Change

 MoEF revamps EIA regime

even as the Union ministry of environment and forests has come out with an environment impact assessment (eia) notification to reconfigure the eia regime in September 2006, three task forces are

Publication Date: 
30/10/2006
Archi Rastogi
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mountains, Climate Change, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Economy

 Pune gets grant to clear the air innovatively

The us Trade and Development Agency has recently awarded a us $296,000 grant to Pune to reduce the city's vehicular air pollution through innovative measures. The grant will fund a project to

Publication Date: 
14/10/2006
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Air Pollution Control, Vehicular Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Alternative Fuels, Diesel, Nagarpalikas, Aid, Auto Technology, United States Of America (US), Pune (D)

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