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MoEF sends show-cause notice to Adani Group

Ending a period of some speculation, India's Ministry of Environment & Forests ( MoEF) has placed its show-cause notice to the Adani Group online.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Sunita Narain, CSE, Gujarat, Environment, Environment Clearance (EC), Public Hearing, Mangroves, Forests, Deforestation, Groundwater, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Cheyyur UMPP too risky: activists warn bidders

A pre-application Conference organised by Power Finance Corporation for potential bidders for the Cheyyur and Odisha 4000 MW UMPPs witnessed numerous questions on the risks associated with the alleged fraud by PFC, its consultants and officials of the Environment Ministry in facilitating clearances for the project.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2013
Tags:
Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Kanchipuram (D), Tamil Nadu, Environment Clearance (EC), Coastal Regulations
Mining

Research project on assessing quality of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), compliance of environmental clearance (EC) conditions and adequacy of environmental management plan (EMP) of mining industry in Goa: report

This is a comprehensive assessment of the quality of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), compliance with Environment Clearance (EC) conditions and the adequacy of the Environmental Management Plans (EMP) with respect to 105 mines in operation in Goa.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2013
Centre for Environment Education
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Environment Clearance (EC), Mining, Goa, Mineral-Based Industry
Energy

Letter to M/s. Udangudi Power Corporation Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance dated October 14, 2013

Letter to M/s. Udangudi Power Corporation Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of 2x800 MW Udangadi Super Critical Imported Coal Based TPP at village Udangudi, in Thiruchendur Taluk, in Thoothukudi district, in Tamil Nadu dated October 14, 2013.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2013
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Thoothukudi (D), Tamil Nadu
Environment

M/s Adani Port and SEZ Ltd reply of Show Cause Notice for alleged violations dated 30" September, 2013 from Ministry of Environment & Forests

Adani Port & Special Economic Zone Ltd has been served show cause notice by Union environment ministry for its Port & Special Economic Zone in Mundra taluka, Gujarat for violating environmental regulations. This follows the report by expert committee chaired by Sunita Narain. Read this reply by M/s Adani Port and & SEZ Ltd. to Ministry of Environment & Forests.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2013
Adani Ports and SEZ Limited
Tags:
Adani Port and SEZ Ltd, Environment, Gujarat, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Environment Clearance (EC)
Mining

93% mines fall within 10 kms of wildlife sanctuaries: CM

Of the total 179 mining leases surveyed for mapping their distance from wildlife sanctuaries, almost 93 per cent of mines are found to be within 10 kms zone of wildlife sanctuaries.

Publication Date: 
14/10/2013
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Mining, Sanctuaries, Illegal Trade, National Parks, Central Expert Appraisal Committee (CEAC), Environment Clearance (EC)
Environment

2013 sees highest number of 'green' lawsuits

Of 83 environmental cases pending in various courts across the country, over 70% were filed in 2013 and most of them are related to mining.

Publication Date: 
13/10/2013
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, High Court, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Maharashtra, Goa, Supreme Court, Housing, River Pollution, Sand, Mining, Pollution, Environment Clearance (EC), Western Ghats, Sanctuaries
Energy

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of Coal Tar refineries situated in the State of Odisha as well as in West Bengal, 11/10/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Anil Kumar Nanda & Anr. V/s MoEF & Others dated 11/10/2013. In this order NGT has asked the MoEF and State Pollution Control Board to file further details regarding the number of Coal Tar refineries situated in the State of Odisha as well as in West Bengal and the date from which those refineries are operating and whether those refineries have environmental clearance
or not.

Judgement Date: 
11/10/2013
Tags:
Coal, Orissa (Odisha), West Bengal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

Notification on mining sans green nod withdrawn

The Punjab Government has finally withdrawn the notification on auction of mining without environment clearance from the state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) in operational quarries of up to five hectares.

The development is significant as public notices were issued for auctioning 115 quarries in 19 districts. Information to this effect was furnished to the Punjab and Haryana High Court today as the case came up for resumed hearing.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2013
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), High Court, Supreme Court, Environment
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding renewal of mining lease dated 10/10/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagannath Mane Vs. Union of India & Ors dated 10/10/2013 regarding renewal of the mining lease. NGT also stated that the respondent project proponents to whom
the contracts and mining leases have been awarded by the State shall not carry out any mining activity without having obtained the Environmental Clearance from the competent authority in accordance with law.

Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/60-2013(CZ)(OA)_10Oct2013.pdf

Judgement Date: 
10/10/2013
Tags:
Mining, Environment Clearance (EC), Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT)

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