The official who sent the note to the forest department and other officials of the environment ministry were not immediately available for comment on Tuesday, a national holiday. read more

This move will affect the livelihood of Goan villagers who depend on these khazans. The state government seeing the plight of the farmers have asked the environment ministry to implement their plan carefully. read more

It has also exempted projects with a proposed capacity expansion up to 40% from the requirement of public consultations, with certain riders. read more

All projects concerning national defence and security or involving “other strategic considerations” as determined by the Centre will be assessed. read more

The largest area encroached on is in Madhya Pradesh with about 5347.17 sq km, or nearly 7%, of 7,7414 sq km of forests being occupied by squatters; followed by Assam (11.28%) and Odisha (1.5%), according to the ministry. read more

China will mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic on Oct. 1, with Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei already implementing special measures to tighten security, curb firework sales and suspend mining activities in... read more

The scheme will involve contracting state environmental police on their days off to assist federal government enforcement efforts, Salles said in an interview. He said the ministry aims to have a deal in place with states to allow for such a scheme to... read more

The environment ministry wants a monitoring panel to replace the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority ; activists say action over DTEPA’S refusal to port at Vadhavan. read more

The Supreme Court had issued a directive to the Union environment ministry to declare ESZs around 21 national park and wildlife sanctuaries read more

Prakash Javadekar said he expects 102 cities to deliver on the target of reducing particulate matter (PM) emissions by 20 to 30% without any legally binding clauses. read more

With this notification, which was issued on behalf of Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal, Kailash Gahlot will now hold as many as six cabinet portfolios including revenue, administrative reforms and information technology. read more

A joint team of the Rajasthan forest department and the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) carried out the hatching as part of the environment ministry’s species recovery programme. read more

A joint team of the Rajasthan forest department and the Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) carried out the hatching as part of the environment ministry’s species recovery programme. read more

The reassessment came a week after the Maharashtra transport minister told the Assembly that 54,000 mangroves would be lost to the project. The latest assessment states 32,044 trees will be axed. read more

Meanwhile, two city organisations have written to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) about the environmental impact of the project read more