Mining

Supreme Court judgment on mining in the Aravalli Hill Range of Haryana as on May 8, 2009

The Supreme Court judgement ordering suspension of all mining activities in the 448 sq. km. area of the Aravalli Hill range falling in Haryana's districts of Faridabad and Gurgaon including Mewat.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2009
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining Reclamation, Aravalli Range, Mining, Mines Act 1957, Lakes, Groundwater, Forest Act 1980, Rehabilitation, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Haryana, Faridabad (D), Gurgaon (D)
Industry

High Court judgment on setting up of Alumina Smelter Plant in Bhurkamunda/Brundamal, District Jharsuguda, Orissa.

The writ petitioner, Prafulla Samantra, appealed in his personal capacity as the President of a Social Organisation viz.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2009
High Court of Delhi
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Aluminium Industry, Bauxite, Industry, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha), Jharsuguda (D), High Court of Delhi, New Delhi
Agriculture

 In court

Regulating GM paddy: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the ministry of agriculture, department of biotechnology under ministry of science and technology and the environment ministry to clear their stand on the regulatory process for approval of genetically modified (GM) crops (see

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agriculture, Rice, GM Crops, Supreme Court, Ministry Of Agriculture, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Gene Campaign
Forests

 Court allows widening of 17 km of road

MoEF to clear the 33 km passing through reserve forest THE Karnataka High Court, on March 19, vacated its stay on a road-widening project that environmentalists are opposing. Nearly two-thirds of the 51-km road, connecting Peerunwadi in Belgaum district with Chorla near Goa border, passes through a reserve forest in the Western Ghats. The court said the state government could

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Forests, Western Ghats, Deforestation, Roads, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Karnataka
Dams/ Irrigation

Dont raise Narmada dam height: panel

NEW DELHI: A committee of environmental experts set up by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has concluded that there were major shortfalls in complying with the prescribed environmental conditionalities and requirements with respect to the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).

Publication Date: 
29/04/2009
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Narmada, Dams, Water Disputes, Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Environment

No ash for NH construction despite govt orders

Ropar: No pong ash is being used from Ropar thermal plant for the construction of Kurali-Kiratpur Sahib stretch of the National Highway 21 despite strict guidelines of the government of India.

Publication Date: 
24/04/2009
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Industrial Dispersal, Mining, Ropar, Roads, Highways, Ropar TPS, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Punjab, Fly Ash
Climate Change

Workshop on climate change organised

Central Government Pensioners

Publication Date: 
21/04/2009
Kashmir Times (Jammu)
Tags:
Climate Change, Environment Education, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), WWF, Jammu & Kashmir, Jammu (D)
Agriculture

Test tube brinjal

India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know?

Publication Date: 
15/04/2009
Savvy Soumya Misra, Kirtiman Awasthi
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Agriculture, Chemical Fertilisers, Pest Control, Vegetables, GM Crops, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins, Toxicity Studies, Food Safety, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India
Wildlife

Probe into tigers death at Kanha

New Delhi: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has ordered a high-level inquiry into the death of a tiger at the Kanha Tiger Reserve on Sunday evening, following allegations that it was hit by a vehicle carrying R P Singh, field director of the reserve.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Kanha TR, Wildlife, Tiger, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Madhya Pradesh
Environment

 Green alert in Navi Mumbai

Court to decide on airport in eco-sensitive zone THE Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has refused permission for the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. The ministry has asked the Maharashtra government to first get it cleared from the Bombay High Court. Eight hundred hectares (ha) of mangroves that protect Navi Mumbai

Publication Date: 
14/04/2009
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Environment, Land Reclamation, Land Acquisition, Mangroves, Deforestation, Air Transport, Hydrology, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Maharashtra, Mumbai, Coastal Regulations

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