The residents of Kota Veedhi and the nearby areas in the one town here took out a massive procession and rally to the Collector's office here on Monday afternoon in protest against the pollution ca
The 2011 Review of Maritime Transport, published by the UNCTAD highlights challenges of adapting maritime transport to the impacts of climate change, primarily sea-level rise, and provides an update on the development of measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from maritime transport.
India's Mundra port has banned ships older than 25 years of age from entering its waters after a sunken cargo ship leaked oil off the coast of Mumbai last week, a maritime firm said on Wednesday.
The environmental impact assessment reports comprising of the terrestrial component b M/s Enkay Enviro Services Pvt. Ltd and the marine component by Indomer Coastal Hydraulics (P) Ltd., Chennai, under the overall coordination of BMT Consultants India Pvt. Limited.
Asking the Odisha government to consult opposition political parties before signing fresh MoU with Posco-India, BJP on Wednesday said that it would oppose any move to allow a captive port and iron ore swapping for the proposed steel project.
In order to safeguard the interest of the state, the government must hold consultations with opposition parties and take their views on Posco project befor
In a significant mo-ve, the ministry of environment and forests has come out with a tough policy on setting up ports and thermal power projects clusters.
This MoEF directive held back forest clearance to the POSCO project in Orissa. It has rejected state government’s assurance that there are no tribals in the area, where the 52,000 crore rupee steel-cum-captive power plant is to come up.
Large swathes of the Brazilian Amazon have come to resemble the midwestern United States in recent years, having been planted with soya as far as the eye can see. This development has unnerved conservation organizations, which fear that huge expanses of pristine rainforest are being felled to make way for the lucrative crop. A widespread hope is that large agribusiness, aware of both the need to protect this fragile environment and the importance of good public relations, can be induced to farm more sustainably.
