A day after the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) asked 19 mines to close their operations for failing to renew their consent under Water and Air Pollution Control Act, Government agencies

The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has directed 19 mines to shut down their operations in the absence of consent under the Air and Water Pollution Control Act.

KOLKATA, 3 AUG: A 13-member committee, tasked with looking at the environmental pollution caused by sponge iron units, is going to be set up by the state environment minister, Mr Sudarshan Ghosh Da

PANJIM : Though closure notices have been issued to 19 mines on Tuesday, lack of coordination and failure to determine which department should enforce the notices, puts the important ban on operations in limbo.

The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board will hold a public hearing in regard to the 750 MW-Luhri hydro power project — coming up on the Satluj river — in Mandi district’s Parlog on August 9.

Green tribunal slaps notices on Posco, Orissa & MoEF; Seeks info about clearance granted to the project

A foreign firm, OEC-RVA-PHE, has been asked by the Pune district collector, Vikas Deshmukh, to prepare a pre-feasibility report on ways to control pollution in the Indrayani river.

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday served notices on the Union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF), Orissa government, Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and Posco India enquiring them about the circumstances under which environmental clearance was given to the South Korean company’s proposal for setting up a 12 million tonne steel plant and a captive port in Jagatsinghpur district.

In all, 35 mines in Goa might have to suspend their operations immediately as the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has decided to issue notices to them this week for operating without cons