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Final report on private forests in Goa to be ready by May 30: Forest MinisterGoa's Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane announced a factual report on private forest areas will be finalized by May 30. This report will be su...- HC strikes down section of Goa Town and Country Planning Act, calls it private interest-drivenThe Goa Bench of Bombay High Court struck down section 17(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1974, which allowed the creation of zone...
- SC allows mining company to transport validly mined iron ore in GoaIn a major relief to mining firms, the apex court modified its earlier order and permitted transportation of already mined iron ore lying u...
- SC suspends environmental clearance to Mopa airport, asks EAC to revisit decisionIt said that a glaring deficiency which emerges from the EIA report is its failure to notice the existence of Ecologically Sensitive Zones ...
- Goa may go Kerala way, warns ecologist Madhav GadgilNoted ecologist Madhav Gadgil has warned Goa may face the same fate as the flood-battered Kerala if it does not take precautions on the env...
- Goa may go Kerala way, warns ecologist Madhav GadgilHe said thereason for not taking any environmental precaution (in general) is purely greed for unlimited profits.
- Benches shut, NGT forcing petitioners to come to DelhiAbhijit Prabhudesai, a Goa-based environmentalist, has travelled to Delhi six times since last December to appear before the National Green...
- Vedanta climbs 3% on SC order on extracted iron oreThe apex court had in February quashed the second renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases in Goa in 2015.
- Supreme Court cancels iron ore mining leases of 88 companies in GoaMining in the southwestern state of Goa, which produces low-quality iron ore, will stop after March 15 and the government will need to issu...
- Sesa Sterlite settles in green; market capitalisation jumps by Rs 326 croreHowever, by the end of the day, the stock lost some ground and was trading at Rs 194.05, up 0.57 per cent over its previous closing price.
- Goa to seek faster environment clearance for mining leases"If they don't want to lift the suspension en mass, then they should at least expedite processing the applications filed by mining firms," ...
- Mining upto 27.5 million tons sustainable in Goa: CommitteeThe committeehas said that mining at the rate of 20 to 27.5 million tons per annum appears sustainable.
- Goa awaits green report, Supreme Court ruling before giving mining leasesGoa government has started returning applications seeking new mining leases pending a report from National Environmental Engineering Resear...
- SC questions lack of regulatory measure to curb illegal miningThe Supreme Court today asked Goa govt as to why there was no regulatory mechanism in place to check illegal iron ore extraction there.
- BJP holds Congress responsible for Goa's mining sector crisisThe BJP accused Chidambaram today of supporting the cause of Goa mining only after the Centre realised that the ban on exports led to the f...
- 'Environmental governance has failed in the country'Environmental governance has failed in the country and when people rise up in arms against environmental degradation, their protests are su...
- Centre was responsible for illegal mining in Goa: Manohar ParrikarParrikar said that the govt was responsible for illegal mining in the state as it gave environment clearances for the projects without veri...
- 43% ore exports from Goa illegally extracted: Goa FoundationA leading NGO here claimed that almost 43% of the ore exported from Goa during the financial year 2010-11 was illegally extracted.
- Goa miners in limbo following expiry of green clearancesThe fate of 45 mines in Goa hangs in balance with the environmental clearances granted to them by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (...
- Environment approvals valid only for 5 yrs: HCThe high court of Bombay at Goa has in a recent judgment held that the environmental clearances granted under the Environment Impact Assess...
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