लॉकडाउन में बदलाव: यूपी में ईंट-भट्ठों को  मैनुअल खनन के लिए नहीं लेनी होगी पर्यावरण मंजूरी

सड़क, पाइपलाइन जैसे रैखीय परियोजनाओं के लिए मिट्टी का खनन करने की इजाजत होगी। इसके अलावा बांध-जलाशयों आदि से गाद की सफाई के लिए ...

MoEF halts civil work to raise level of Dhari Devi temple for Alaknanda dam

Hydropower project developer asked to wait for Supreme Court decision  

Karnataka grasslands are potential habitat for bustards: MoEF to green tribunal

Union environment ministry says development work on Amrit Mahal Kaval grasslands violate green laws

MoEF categorises offences relating to environmental clearances

Not complying with conditions of clearance can be a serious offence

Wildlife tour operators, resorts to shell out conservation fee

Fund so collected will be spent on conserving forests, managing human-wildlife conflict and generating livelihood for local communities

Maharashtra files criminal case against Lavasa, board directors

Move follows directive of Bombay High Court and MoEF's demand for credible action

Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve

Karnataka High Court had banned traffic in the area from 9 pm to 6 am following deaths of tigers and elephants in vehicular accidents

Lavasa city denied green clearance

Environment ministry asks state government to first take credible action against existing violations

Eco-tourism guidelines submitted in court misleading: MoEF panel members

Request minister’s intervention on eve of hearing in Supreme Court

SC asks Centre to set up environment regulatory body by April 30

Environment ministry has been delaying the process for past three years

‘Tribunal order staying development on Karnataka grasslands ignored’

Environment ministry asked to filed response on Amrit Mahal Kaval allotments by end of this month or pay penalty

Mahan coal block gets clearance

Forest rights of Baigas scuttled to clear way to mine dense forest

Green tribunal asks tough questions on Uttarakhand development

Issues show-cause notice to state government, environment ministry; seeks details on development plans, environmental impact studies, preventive …

MoEF pulled up for flip-flop on tiger tourism

Government more worried about commercial activities being hit than safety of tigers: Supreme Court

Make all forest clearances public in 7 days: green tribunal to MoEF

'Environment ministry kept forest clearance to Demwe project in Arunachal secret to thwart legal action'

Green tribunal begins hearing appeal against POSCO steel plant

MoEF says its decision to grant clearance cannot be challenged

Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects

Construction work began without environmental clearance

Forest Advisory Committee gets earnest about implementing forest diversion rules, finally

Clarifies that forest diversions will be allowed only if forest rights of affected people are settled and their consent obtained

Individual units in investment zones exempted from public hearing

New environment ministry policy says NMIZs need obtain only one time environmental clearance

Green tribunal asks Odisha to pass order on tree-felling for POSCO

Says states must apply its mind and pass order in accordance with Forest Conservation Act

Minamata Convention: India skips historic meet

Officials mum on why no official representative went from India

India bans use of dolphins for commercial entertainment

Environment ministry says dolphins are ‘non-human persons’; morally unacceptable to capture them for entertainment

Environment ministry seeks to curb shoddy EIA reports

Project developers made responsible for data and content in environmental impact assessments

Rajasthan drafts its own wildlife tourism guidelines

Allows tourism in core tiger habitats and areas in reserves from where villages were uprooted

MoEF extends deadline for states to declare eco-sensitive zones around wildlife parks and sanctuaries

It is the last opportunity for states, warns ministry official