Environment

Pollution board to MoEF: Hearing conducted after ToR expiry

PANJIM: A day after opponents of the proposed International Greenfield airport at Mopa termed both, the Environment Impact Assessment report and the public hearing, as illegal, the Goa State Pollut

Publication Date: 
05/03/2015
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Air Transport, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Public Hearing, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air and noise pollution by a road construction company, 04/03/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Swapan Kumar Halder Vs West Bengal Pollution Control Board & Ors dated 04/03/2015 regarding air and noise pollution by a road construction company by the operation of their mixing maching for manufacturing of bitumen coated stone by its hot mix plant.

Judgement Date: 
04/03/2015
Tags:
Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Roads, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), 24 Parganas (S), West Bengal
Water Pollution

Coal from Maha barges polluting Tiracol river

A Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) report about pollution in the Tiracol river has proved the worst fears of the locals true.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2015
Murari Shetye
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, River Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Coal, Water Pollution
Mining

Gujarat govt amends sand mining laws, make them more stringent

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat government has placed before the court the amended rules for the mining activities in the state as per its undertaking given to the court last year.

Publication Date: 
04/03/2015
Saeed Khan
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Sand, Mining, Regulations, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Minor Minerals
Environment

Anti-Mopa groups may approach NGT

PANAJI: Anti-Mopa groups in Goa on Tuesday demanded the resignation of North Goa collector and chairman of the Goa state pollution control board for conducting a "totally illegal" public hearing on

Publication Date: 
04/03/2015
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Public Hearing, Air Transport, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Farmers, Land, Environment
Environment

EIA on Mopa grounded

Govt accused of conducting illegal environment impact assessment and public hearing

Publication Date: 
04/03/2015
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Air Transport, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Public Hearing, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Environment Clearance (EC), NGO, Environment
Water Pollution

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of river Ganga by industries, 03/03/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Krishan Kant Singh Vs. New Jawed Tannery 480/379 Wajidpur Jajmau & Others dated 03/03/2015 regarding pollution of river Ganga by industries in Uttar Pradesh.

Judgement Date: 
03/03/2015
Tags:
River Pollution, Ganga, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), India, Industrial Pollution, Waste Disposal, Muzaffarnagar (D), Leather Industry, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Uttar Pradesh
Industry

Residents voice concern over captive power plant project

Residents of Uthukuli taluk met Collector G.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2015
R Vimal Kumar
Hindu (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Power Industry, Tiruppur, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environment Clearance (EC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Water Act 1974, Air Act 1981, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Industry
Water Pollution

St Inez creek has high raw sewage pollution: GSPCB

Panaji: The Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) has found high raw sewage contamination in the St Inez creek's water.

Publication Date: 
03/03/2015
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Water Pollution, Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), Sewage Pollution, Health Effects
Air Pollution

Air pollution: residents ransack milk union office in Belagavi

‘Black ash from the chimney of the unit entering houses’

Publication Date: 
03/03/2015
Vijaykumar Patil
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Air Pollution, Carbon Dioxide, Ash, Belgaum (D), Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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