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Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest clearance granted by MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project, Lohit District, Arunachal Pradesh, 24/10/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Bimal Gogoi && Others Vs State of Arunachal Pradesh & Others dated 24/10/2017 regarding Stage I Forest Clearance and Stage II Forest Clearance granted by the MoEF & CC for Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project (1750 MW) in Lohit District of Arunachal Pradesh which would lead to diversion of 1415.92 ha (1408.30 ha surface land + 7.62 ha underground land) of forest land.

Judgement Date: 
24/10/2017
Tags:
Dams, Lohit, Forest Clearance, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Arunachal, Court, Biodiversity Hotspots, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Endangered Species, Migratory Species, Elephant, Wildlife, Tiger
Environment

SAIL's mining division steps up focus on environment

It conducted a workshop focused on environmental and forest issues, National Mineral Policy, different aspects of statutory clearances

Publication Date: 
26/09/2017
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, National Mineral Policy 2008, Environmental Security, Coal India, Environment
Forests

Compensatory Afforestation

Compensatory afforestation is a dubious and controversial environmental “offset” that is adding to environmental damage instead of mitigating or compensating it. Compensatory afforestation may actually be accelerating the invasion of India’s forests by big corporations, in collusion with a permissive state, by legitimising the destruction of forests, greenwashing the land grabs, and encroaching on common property resources and community-held lands.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2017
Soumitra Ghosh
Economic and Political Weekly
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Deforestation, Land Use, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Mining, Dams, Compensatory Afforestation, Polavaram, Lower Subansiri, Durgapur, Sikkim, Arunachal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC)
Environment

SC seeks information on Karnataka’s plea for EC

Panaji: The Supreme Court (SC) has recently directed the Union ministry for environment, forests and climate change to file an affidavit indicating whether any application has been filed by Karanta

Publication Date: 
11/08/2017
Times Of India (Goa)
Tags:
Goa, Karnataka, Environment Clearance (EC), Forests, Forest Clearance, Environmentalists, Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Environment
Mining

SC imposes 100% penalty on mining companies without forest clearance

Mining companies in Odisha that were operating without environmental clearances were ordered to pay 100 per cent penalty on the price of illegally extracted iron and manganese ores with effect from

Publication Date: 
03/08/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Mining, Forest Clearance, Forest Act 1980, Environment Act 1986, Forests
Energy

Assam needs 1,400 MW, APGCL generates 250!

3 pending projects to be completed soon will improve State's power scenario: Pallab Lochan

Publication Date: 
24/07/2017
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Power Industry, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Small Hydro Power, Forest Clearance, Energy
Environment

Govt mulls reducing period of green/forest clearances

The government is considering reducing the period for mandatory forest and environment clearances for new industry units from the present 180 days, a top Environment Ministry official said today.

Publication Date: 
20/07/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuels, Environment
Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding a proposed dam on river Parwan affecting 1835 hectares forest land, Jhalawar District, Rajasthan, 19/07/2017

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tejpal & Others Vs Government of Rajasthan & Others dated 19/07/2017 regarding a dam which is being proposed to be built in Akawad village, Jhalawar District on river Parwan, which involves at least 1835 hectares forest land affecting more than 2 lakhs trees and also that the dam site is in Naharia block of Shergarh Wildlife Sanctuary.

Judgement Date: 
19/07/2017
Tags:
Dams, Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance, Wildlife Clearance, Jhalawar (D), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Shergarh SA, Rivers, Hydrology
Environment

MoEF treads carefully on project to make Jog Falls perennial

The future of the government’s proposal to make Jog Falls in Shivamogga district perennial will now be decided by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the locals of the region.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2017
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Hydrology, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Hydroelectricity, Forest Clearance, Wildlife Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Forests, Environment
Environment

Why should Kaleshwaram project not be stayed, asks NGT

The Telangana government's Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, which aims to take water to the state's drought-hit regions, suffered a setback as the National Green Tribunal sought answers from th

Publication Date: 
08/06/2017
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Telangana, Environment Clearance (EC), Irrigation, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Forest Act 1980, Forest Clearance, Environment

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