It said that a glaring deficiency which emerges from the EIA report is its failure to notice the existence of Ecologically Sensitive Zones ...

Noted 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...

He said thereason for not taking any environmental precaution (in general) is purely greed for unlimited profits.

Abhijit Prabhudesai, a Goa-based environmentalist, has travelled to Delhi six times since last December to appear before the National Green...

The apex court had in February quashed the second renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases in Goa in 2015.

Mining in the southwestern state of Goa, which produces low-quality iron ore, will stop after March 15 and the government will need to issu...

However, 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.

"If they don't want to lift the suspension en mass, then they should at least expedite processing the applications filed by mining firms," ...

The committeehas said that mining at the rate of 20 to 27.5 million tons per annum appears sustainable.

Goa government has started returning applications seeking new mining leases pending a report from National Environmental Engineering Resear...

The Supreme Court today asked Goa govt as to why there was no regulatory mechanism in place to check illegal iron ore extraction there.

The 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 and when people rise up in arms against environmental degradation, their protests are su...

Parrikar said that the govt was responsible for illegal mining in the state as it gave environment clearances for the projects without veri...

A leading NGO here claimed that almost 43% of the ore exported from Goa during the financial year 2010-11 was illegally extracted.

The fate of 45 mines in Goa hangs in balance with the environmental clearances granted to them by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (...

The high court of Bombay at Goa has in a recent judgment held that the environmental clearances granted under the Environment Impact Assess...