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SC allows cutting of 45,000 mangroves for Mumbai Coastal Road projectThe Supreme Court has permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to cut more than 45,000 mangroves. This is for the proposed Versova-...
SC commences hearing pleas seeking review, modification of May 16 verdict on grant of EC to projectsThe Supreme Court began hearing 40 petitions challenging its May 16 verdict that outlawed retrospective environmental clearances for projec...
Centre's environmental approval not needed for constructions of 20,000 and 1,50,000 square metres: SCThe Supreme Court has permitted construction of housing, industrial sheds, schools, and colleges with state environmental clearance. This e...
SC order on retrospective environmental clearances a step forward but gaps remain: ExpertsThe Supreme Court has barred retrospective environmental clearances, a move welcomed by policy experts who, however, caution that loopholes...
Real Estate developers urge Supreme Court for faster environmental clearance evaluationsCredai urges the Supreme Court to expedite the evaluation of pending proposals for building and construction projects under general conditi...
Should be struck down: Jairam after SC stays govt decision on ex post facto environmental clearanceCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has called for a strikedown of office memorandum issued by the Environment Ministry allowing ex po...
SC asks Centre why three pesticides banned in India, seeks placing of two reports"The Union government shall place on the record the final report of the Dr SK Khurana Sub-Committee (referred to in paragraph 10 of the sta...
SC to hear plea against construction of metro car shed in Aarey forest areaA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant posted the matter for Friday after senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan mentioned it fo...
L&T, Tata Power want a piece of Aarey forest landThe Mumbai Police has also demanded a five-acre plot near Marol side, which is required for a quarantine and detention centre, but this has...
List steps to control river pollution, HC tells Maharashtra govt
Maharashtra bars construction within 100 feet of hill rangesTwo years after the Pune bench of the National Green Tribunal ruled that no permission must be granted for building construction on hill to...
Mumbai Metro work at Aarey to stay on course despite NGT noticeThe Union environment and forests ministry exempted an area of 1.65 square km of land for the Mumbai Metro car shed from the ESZ in Decembe...
Mangrove cover grows 20% in Maharashtra in 2 yearsTen years after the Bombay high court directed the state government to declare mangroves as reserved forest, the results are showing. The m...
- Ecologists say potential disaster looms over Mumbai's coastline
Anchored 40 nautical miles from Mumbai's coast, Jindal Kamakshi, the cargo ship tilting 20 degrees in mid-sea, poses a grave environmental ...
MoEF working on policy to protect river banks: Government tells Bombay High CourtThe Government said in an affidavit that construction within 50 metres of the sea coast was banned as it fell within the Coastal Regulation...
- 50 acres of mangroves destroyed in Mumbai
Around 50 acres of mangroves were allegedly destroyed in Lokhandwala by planting "invasive species" and creating a debris path, which resid...
- Experts want end to illegal mining in Maharashtra
Environmentalists said that the state government should take cognizance of the Supreme Court order that banned mining in Bellary district K...
- Erosion of Juhu seabed a worry, say environmentalists
Environmentalists and marine experts said the stranded MV Wisdom could pose a severe threat to the coast's ecology if it remains at Juhu be...
- Navi Mumbai greener than city but not enough
If there is only one tree for every six Mumbaikars, Navi Mumbai seems a green haven in comparison. The data provided by the Navi Mumbai Mun...
- Maharashtra govt puts toxic mines on tourist map
Unmindful of the ecological havoc being wreaked across the state, Maharashtra government has put its greenery-wrecking toxic mines on the t...