India

 Protests against methane mining in Chhattisgarh

Residents of around 25 villages recently stopped the public hearing for a proposed methane extraction project. The 500-odd people from Gharghonda tehsil in Raigarh, armed with the Centre for

Publication Date: 
30/12/2007
Down to Earth
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Ecology, Pollution, Groundwater Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Groundwater, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), CSE, India, Chhattisgarh, Korba (D), Raigarh (D)
Energy

 Kerala clears Pathrakkadavu hydroelectric project near national park

on april 18, 2007, the Kerala government gave

Publication Date: 
30/05/2007
M Suchitra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Forests, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Energy, Silent Valley HP, Silent Valley NP, State Electricity Board (SEB), India, Kerala, Palakkad (D)
Environment

 High impact zone

No proper assessment of damage by port


Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
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Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mangroves, Coastal Erosion, Ports, Dredging, Cyclones, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu
Economy

 Undue process

Puducherry port defies ecology, economics


Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
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Environment, Estuaries, Land Acquisition, Ports, Marine Fisherfolk, Conflicts, Pondicherry, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Environment

 Blueprint blues

Sethusamudram ghost in Puducherry machine

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
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Environment, Sethusamudram Project, Ports, Pondicherry, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Industry

 Developer's defence

Halcrow, consultants to Pondicherry Port Limited, could not give a detailed response to Down To Earth's questionnaire pleading time constraints, but it did clearly say the environment impact assessment (EIA) it prepared "was in accordance with ToR (terms of reference) given to us by the client'.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
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Environment, Ports, Ministry of Earth Sciences, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Pondicherry, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Industry

 Big game players

Subhash Projects and Marketing Limited (SPML) says it is a Rs 400-crore company with its registered office in Delhi, corporate office in Kolkata and branch offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Jaipur, Bhopal, Patna and Guwahati. It claims 25 years of expertise in turnkey projects, but its website has no reference to port development work.

Publication Date: 
14/05/2007
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Environment, Ports, Pondicherry, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Energy

Executive summary of rapid environment impact assessment study for R.R. Energy Ltd, Village - Garhumaria Tehsil-Distt- Raigarh

The Biomass base power plant of RREL is located near village Darramuda and Garh umaria , at Raigarh district in the Chhattisgarh state. The 14 MW Biomass based captive power plant is operational since Feb 2007 and 1 lakh tonnes capacity steel plant base on induction furnace is under implementation, for which the consent to establish has already been obtained.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2007
Indus Technical and Financial Consultant Ltd
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Biomass, Energy, Industry, Chhattisgarh, Raigarh (D)
Forests

 Why waste time on EIA?

Environmental studies may no longer be a part of the US forest management plans. The United States Forest Service recently deci

Publication Date: 
30/01/2007
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Forests, Forest Management, United States Of America (US)
Mining

 Orissa aluminium project breaking law to build, expand

the process followed to clear a proposed expansion of Utkal Alumina International Limited's (uail's) bauxite mining and alumina refinery project in Rayagada, Orissa, has raised disturbing questions

Publication Date: 
29/11/2006
Ashutosh Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Acquisition, Mining, Utkal Alumina International (UAIL), Bauxite, Conflicts, Rayagada (D)

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