Category Archives: Mining
Detractors of exponential mining
Moratorium on mining needs to be enforced, not the CM’s mineral policy, says Hartman de Souza While the Expert Panel appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to look into the status of the Western Ghats at its day long meeting at the NIO on 27 September, there is every likelihood that its critique […]
‘Fabricated’ mining EIAs slammed at meet
The environment impact assessment (EIA) reports submitted by mining companies to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) came under scrutiny of mining-affected persons and others at a meeting with a Western Ghats’ ecology experts panel at Dona Paula recently.