Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 18:33
Essar Power need not apply for fresh forest clearances for captive coal mines in Jharkhand as the government has transferred to it the approvals granted to the earlier allotee.
Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 12:52
Four northeastern state governments are unhappy with the National Green Tribunal`s (NGT) ruling that bans sand mining in river beds across the country without the clearance of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 18:00
Assam police personnel today in a departure from their routine duties of safeguarding the law took a pledge to protect and conserve nature and wildlife for survival of humanity.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 00:03
State-owned ONGC Limited has approached Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for the permission to drill 24 development wells and to establish production facility in Krishna-Godavari basin, a top official said Monday.
Last Updated: Friday, December 21, 2012, 14:56
Senior officials of Coal Ministry on Friday met top officials of Environment Ministry in this regard here and discussed at length the issue of such clearances to mines that are to be auctioned.
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.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 21:44
A four-member expert team of ministry of environment and forest(MoEF) visited the proposed Posco steel plant site near Paradip to study its alleged adverse impact on the coastal environment.
Last Updated: Sunday, August 12, 2012, 21:21
The Ministry of Environment and Forest has rejected the request of GVK Group for using high speed diesel (HSD) instead of natural gas at one of its power generation plants in Andhra Pradesh.
Last Updated: Monday, August 6, 2012, 19:09
The Environment Ministry has constituted a new advisory panel to vet proposals related to forest clearances, according to a government official.
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 12:14
In a move that can derail Goa government`s plan to allow handling of mining rejects, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has said that environmental clearance is mandatory before allowing these dumps to be exported.
Last Updated: Friday, June 15, 2012, 10:10
A Forest Advisory Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest informed the Bombay High Court that the project to construct a dam on river Kalu should be stopped.
Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 17:22
The hearing was adjourned for July 19, in wake of cases pending in the Bombay High Court on issues relating to the project where the tribunal's jurisdiction to hear Lavasa's plea is to be decided.
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