Category Archives: Ecology and Environment
Pure Ganga in 10 years, Centre promises SC
Fri Feb 05 2010, from The Economic Times The Ganga will be pure and free of pollutants by 2020, the Centre promised before the Supreme Court on Friday.
Think growth, give full mining rights: Coal min
The coal ministry is reaching out to other ministries to put an end to the exercise of classifying coal fields into ‘go’ and ‘no go’ areas according to their forest cover. The ministry has circulated a Cabinet note, which make the argument that mining should be allowed across the country wherever there are proven coal reserves […]
Environmental Standards for Iron Ore Mining and Ore Processing.
The ministry of environment and forests, in its amendment to section 6 and 25 of the Environment (protection) Rules 1986 has set environmental Standards for iron ore Mining and ore processing. Click to read notification
Consequences of Extended Monsoon
BY NANDKUMAR KAMAT THE Government of Goa is not fully geared to face extreme weather phenomena. Losses of traditional storm water drainage systems and failure to provide sufficient resilience and capacitance against extreme weather phenomena have further compounded the problems in Goa.
India’s Take On Climate Change
24 Recent Initiatives Related to Climate Change. View report
India’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007
India ranks 5th in aggregate GHG emissions in the world, behind USA, China, EU and Russia in 2007. Interestingly, the emissions of USA and China are almost 4 times that of India in 2007. It is also noteworthy that the emissions intensity of India’s GDP declined by more than 30% during the period 1994-2007, due […]
Govt rejects Vedanta mining plan on green worries
India’s environment ministry on Tuesday rejected a plan by India-focused mining group Vedanta Resources Plc to mine bauxite in Orissa, dealing a blow to the company already struggling with regulatory issues in India.
MOEF’S direction to stall Vedanta’s project in Orissa
Direction under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 regarding 1 MPTA Alumina Refinery and 75 MW Captive Power Plant at Lanjigarh, Kalahandi in Orissa by M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited, dated October 20th, 2010. View order
As POSCO hits green roadblocks, the mega project seems doomed
THE ODISHA government is trying hard not to sound defensive, after the Meena Gupta Committee report pulled it up for violating the local people’s forest rights while giving the nod to POSCO for setting up its proposed $12 billion steel plant. Earlier, a joint committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had reached […]
GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS TO ASSESS INDUSTRIAL WASTE DUMPED AT UCIL, BHOPAL
Geophysical investigations are used to identify buried industrial waste that cannot be easily identified by visual inspection. Geophysical investigations are used to identify buried industrial waste that cannot beeasily identified by visual inspection. Now in Bhopal, there are heaps of industrial wastes lying at different places that can be easily seen at the ground surface. […]