Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

State cabinet ministers from both the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are at loggerheads with Union minister for environment Jairam Ramesh for withholding clearance to several projects in the Konkan region, Vidarbha and Navi Mumbai.

They are going to take up their complaint against Ramesh with the prime minister, argu

Publication Date:

26/08/2010

Source: Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)

Tags:

Thermal Power Plants, Mining, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Energy, Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Air Transport, Western Ghats

Hazardous Waste

Ports to be open by Sunday, salvage ops to take 45 days

MUMBAI harbour, where operations were disrupted after Saturday

Publication Date:

11/08/2010

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Oil Pollution, Pollution, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Fisheries, Mangroves

Industry

Srikakulam plant on hold

FOLLOWING two deaths and a series of misreported facts, the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) cancelled the environment ministry’s clearance to a thermal power plant in Sompeta in coastal Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh.

Publication Date:

01/08/2010

Author(s): Ashutosh Mishra, Sumana Narayanan

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

19

Issue:

6

pp:

17

Tags:

Andhra Pradesh, Energy, Conflicts, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Thermal Power Plants, Srikakulam (D), Wetlands, Industry

Industry

Sahara bets big on Orissa

The proposed plant requires 950 acres, and the stateowned IIDCO has been entrusted with the task of land acquisition.
Sahara India Power Corporation Limited (SIPCL) will invest Rs 8,000 crore on its proposed 1,320 MW power project in Orissa

Publication Date:

27/07/2010

Source: Asian Age (New Delhi)

Tags:

Emission Targets, Energy, Industry, Power Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha), Asian Age (New Delhi)

Environment

Chhattisgarh case against Jindal Power

New Delhi: Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) could be in for more trouble with the Chhattisgarh government filing legal proceedings against it for illegally starting work on its 2,400 MW thermal power project in the state.

Publication Date:

19/07/2010

Author(s): Nitin SethI

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), NGO, Chhattisgarh, Times Of India (New Delhi), Nitin SethI

Environment

Make your staff more flexible, Jaiswal tells Jairam

Asking Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh to sensitise his officials on the need for adopting a more pragmatic and flexible position on

Publication Date:

08/07/2010

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Environment, Energy, Ministry of Coal, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Indian Express (New Delhi), Environmental Security

Energy

Orissa power project staring at coal mine crisis

THE Bedabahal (Orissa) ultra mega power project may hit a road block as the captive coal mines linked with the 4,000 MW project now figures in the list of areas prohibited for mining activities by the environment ministry.

Publication Date:

07/07/2010

Source: Economic Times (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Coal, Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Ministry of Power, Chhattisgarh, Orissa (Odisha), Economic Times (New Delhi)