The multi-crore Renuka Dam project is on hold, and 800 MW Kol Dam is also under the scanner of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. Hul (4.5 M), a private sector project in Chamba, is witnessing daily protests by locals seeking scrapping of all the clearances given to it.

Guwahati, April 27: Gauhati High Court today deferred the hearing of a PIL submitted by Assam Enviro-Legal Protection Society, an NGO, alleging Rs 7 crore was misappropriated in 2008 in the name of cashew nut cultivation in Dima Hasao district, to next week.

Justice Arun Chandra Upadhyay fixed the next hearing after the petitioner submitted the action taken report on the report submitted by Jus

Jamshedpur, April 15: Vandalism by political workers this morning stalled a public hearing on pollution and green issues organised by Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), as protesters objected to the venue.

No sooner than the hearing began at Michael John Auditorium around 8.15am, 20 protesters led by BJP worker Vikas Singh demanded that the venue be shifted to an open-air venue in

New Delhi:A day after he inspected the Okhla-Timarpur waste-to-energy plant, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit alleging he had found serious anomalies in the project.

Referring to the anomalies, Ramesh has said,

Project developers will have to demonstrate that diversion of forest land is essential, as per tightened norms of the Environment Ministry.
The effort is to minimise diversion of forests. It is felt that developers often seek diversion of forests as it is simpler than acquiring non-forest land.

A public hearing will be held in Dehradun on March 25 and 26 on the subject of impact of climate change on life and livelihood in the Himalayan States.