Govt assures a new CZMP with people’s views
Plan to be drafted by Environment Department in consultation with CZMA, GSPCB, scientists PORVORIM: In a major victory to the people, the State government on Tuesday announced it woud draft a fresh
Herald (Panjim)
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Climate change to have serious effect on Goa: Pachauri
Says the result will be not just loss of habitation and livelihood, but also excessive salination of freshwater bodies MARGAO: The impact of climate change will have very serious implications for Goa,
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Green Brigade protests reclassification of coconut treee as grass
PANJIM: Continuing its fight over the amendment to the Tree Act classifying the coconut tree as a palm, Green Brigade Group protested at Goa-Velha and Taleigao on Monday. Green Brigade Group coordinator
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Assolda asks NGT to quash EC for rail terminal at Xic-Xelvona
CURCHOREM: The Assolda panchayat has filed an appeal before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Pune, to quash the environmental clearance granted to a company for the construction of a rail freight terminal
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Milind to act on coal pollution ‘if it exists’
Says he is unaware of coal pollution in Vasco; GSPCB had found that on 14 of 24 occasions air pollution was above permissible limit VASCO: Power Minister and Mormugao MLA Milind Naik has said that he
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Bill reducing coconut tree to a palm introduced
Amendment also increases fees for tree felling; provides for planting a tree if one has been felled PANJIM: Notwithstanding criticism, the State government on Tuesday introduced the Goa Preservation
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True Goans, launch ‘chipko’ movement on Guirim highway, to protect the coconut tree
Real Assembly of real people took place in Guirim, not Porvorim, historian Prajal. Sakhardande led blockage, joined by scores of ordinary people, who hugged trees Guirim: A well-known historian and
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Complaints allege Sunburn sound levels higher than permissible
Percept’s Sunburn electronic dance music (EDM) festival and Goa government may be held for contempt of the National Green Tribunal Court order passed recently to monitor the sound decibels at the festivals.
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Parrikar slams greens for their attempts to stall projects
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has slammed green activists for attempting to stall State projects by approaching the National Green Tribunal (NGT) while failing to intervene in the Mhadei water dispute
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GCZMA issues notice to illegal restaurant, resort at Tiracol
PANJIM: The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has issued a stop order cum show-cause notice to the owners of a bar and restaurant and a resort in Tiracol, which are being constructed in violation
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GSPCB notices to MPT, Adani, Jindal on coal pollution
All three asked to give reason why consent to operate should not be revoked for causing environmental pollution PANJIM: Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) and its coal handling terminal Adani and Jindal have