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Give judgment on Amaravati, NGT urged

Social activist Bolisetty Satyanarayana on Saturday appealed to the National Green Tribunal to pass on the judgment on the petition filed by him against environmental clearance to the construction

Publication Date: 
18/09/2017
Hindu (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Amaravati, Environment Clearance (EC), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Eco-Sensitive Zone, Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

SC pulls up govt over decision to reduce eco-sensitive zone radius

The Supreme Court has expressed surprise over the Centre’s decision to reduce the radius of eco-sensitive zones from 10 kilometres to 100 metres, saying it appeared to be a “complete arbitrary exer

Publication Date: 
18/09/2017
Free Press Journal
Tags:
Eco-Sensitive Zone, Supreme Court, Sanctuaries, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Green Trbunal (NGT), Environment, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Environment

Vijayawada Municipal Corporation to impose ban on plastic bags from January

VIJAYAWADA: Those who are accustomed to using polythene bags and disposing wastes directly into the water bodies may soon face the music from Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) as the civic bod

Publication Date: 
18/09/2017
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Plastics, Non-Biodegradable Waste, Vijayawada, Environmentalists, Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

A Marxist approach to understanding ecology

Two seminal books, John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark, and Richard York’s The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth and John Bellamy Foster’s The Ecological Revolution: Making Peace with the Planet suggest that the rift between humanity and nature must be analysed in its intertwining with other kinds of alienation, all stemming from the adverse effects of the very nature and structure of capitalist society. Nothing short of an eco-social revolution is required to deal with the social and ecological crisis.

Publication Date: 
16/09/2017
Karen Haydock
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Ecology, Personalities, History
Environment

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding transit fee levied by states on forest products and minerals among others, 15/09/2017

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Uttarakhand & Others Vs Kumaon Stone Crusher dated 15/09/2017 regarding transit fee levied by three States (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh) on forest products and minerals among others.

Judgement Date: 
15/09/2017
Tags:
Forest Products, Minerals, Trade, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Uttar Pradesh
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the Chardham highway project in Uttarakhand, 15/09/2017

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Birendra Singh Matura & Ors. Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 15/09/2017 regarding the Chardham highway project in Uttarakhand. Counsels appearing for the State of Uttarakhand and Border Roads Organisation submit that they would carry out the project and during the implementation of the project, they would ensure that no muck is thrown either into the river, water bodies and/or in the forest or green area down the hill or otherwise.

Judgement Date: 
15/09/2017
Tags:
Highways, Religious Places, Waste Disposal, Roads, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Court, Mountains
Environment

Greece botched oil spill response: environment groups

Greek officials botched their response to a minor oil spill that is now threatening beaches near Athens five days after the suspicious sinking of a tanker, environmental groups said today as calls

Publication Date: 
15/09/2017
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Oil Pollution, WWF, Environmentalists, European Union (EU), Environment
Environment

150 challaned for using pressure horns

In a special drive initiated by the city traffic police, over 150 challans were issued by the police for using pressure horns.

Publication Date: 
15/09/2017
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Noise Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, Ferozepur (D), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment
Environment

GSPCB directs Curlies to stop operations

PANJIM: The controversial Curlies Restaurant and Night Club at Anjuna, has been directed to stop operations with immediate effect by Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB).

Publication Date: 
15/09/2017
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Hotels, Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

Odisha pollution police partially shut down Vedanta’s captive power plants

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has directed partial closure of Vedanta Limited’s power plants over breach of regulations relating to the ash pond at Katikela in Jhars

Publication Date: 
15/09/2017
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Industrial Pollution, Vedanta Aluminium, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), River Pollution, Environmental Health, Environment

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