GDA asked to show guidelines for landscape concretisation

Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 19:01

The National Green Tribunal Friday directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Ghaziabad Development Authority to show whether they have any comprehensive guidelines for concretisation of landscapes in urban areas.

Gadgil opposes ministry decision on Western Ghats

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 21:11

Madhav Gadgil, who headed a committee that authored a study on the Western Ghats, Friday criticised the decision of the union ministry of environment and forests to create "ecologically sensitive areas" in the area.

Govt considering introduction of forest certification

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 17:56

Government is considering introduction of forest certification as it will help in their sustainable management, a senior official said Tuesday.

HC tells MoEF to inspect dumping ground site near Kalyan

Last Updated: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 17:49

The Bombay High Court has asked the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to carry out inspection of a site at Umbide, near Kalyan in neighbouring Thane district, and state whether the place can be used as `a dumping ground`, for solid waste.

MoEF asked to finalise Gadgil panel report on Western Ghats

Last Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013, 16:16

The National Green Tribunal has asked the MoEF to take expeditious steps to finalise the report of Gadgil Committee set up to study the environmental sensitivity and ecological significance of the Western Ghats.

World Bank-funded project could cause harm: Activists

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 20:44

Fifty prominent national groups and green activists Monday questioned the environment and forests ministry`s clearance to a World Bank-funded mega hydropower project coming up in Himachal Pradesh.

MoEF panel asks Tata Steel to get forest clearance first

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 16:14

Tata Steel has been asked by the MoEF panel to get forest clearances prior to seeking environment nod for its coal mining project in Jharkhand.

MOEF under Natarajan is in disarray: Parrikar

Last Updated: Thursday, September 13, 2012, 22:05

CM Manohar Parrikar said that he will appeal to Prime Minister to "set things right" in the green ministry headed by Jayanti Natarajan.

MoEF suspends environment clearance of 93 mining leases in Goa

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 21:21

The mine owners will have to submit their documents which are required for getting the environment clearances, Minister of Environment and Forest Jayanti Natarajan told mediapersons Wednesday.