The environment ministry has extended the validity of environmental clearances for ports, harbours, breakwaters and dredging projects from 10 years to 20 years, with two further extensions of five years each possible,…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a final judgment removing the environmental clearance hurdle that had stalled the commissioning of the Vijayapura Airport in Karnataka. Infrastructure Development Minister M.B. Patil said the…
Environmental activist Bolisetty Satyanarayana has written to Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K Pawan Kalyan seeking clarity on approvals for Google’s proposed AI data centre in…
Goa's State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has mandated that Mumbai-based Centaur Pharmaceuticals employ 80% local Goan candidates at its proposed plant in Verna Industrial Estate. The condition, attached to the environmental…
Bengaluru MP Tejasvi Surya has written to Chief Minister DK Shivakumar demanding that the Rs 1,140 crore Hebbal Short Tunnel project not proceed without a scientific assessment. Surya said experts have raised…
India's Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM) have given opposite assessments of coral reefs in Galathea Bay, Great Nicobar Island, Frontline reports. NCSCM's officially approved…
The Karnataka Power Corporation Limited has scaled down its planned tree felling in the Sharavathi Valley Lion Tailed Macaque Sanctuary from 16,000 to 6,300 trees. The Deccan Herald reports that the KPCL…
The Supreme Court on July 29 struck down the 2021 executive order that allowed post-facto environmental clearances for projects that started without prior approval. The three-judge bench held the office memorandum unconstitutional,…
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