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
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Pollution board to MoEF: Hearing conducted after ToR expiry
PANJIM: A day after opponents of the proposed International Greenfield airport at Mopa termed both, the Environment Impact Assessment report and the public hearing, as illegal, the Goa State Pollution
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EIA on Mopa grounded
Govt accused of conducting illegal environment impact assessment and public hearing PANJIM: The opponents of Mopa Greenfield International airport, on Tuesday accused the BJP-led government of conducting
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Illegal hotel pipes remain despite removal order
Chairman of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) Jose Manuel Noronha has decided to knock on the doors of the State administration for action as Cavelossim villagers cried foul over the non removal
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Solve mining issue or face violent agitation: Truckers to government
BICHOLIM: The North Goa Truck Owners’ Association (NGTOA) on Wednesday set a deadline of March 15 for the government to solve the mining issue. The NGTOA has threatened to agitate from April 1 if the government
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Suspension of mining ECs to be revoked: CM
PANJIM: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Wednesday said that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has assured the State that it would revoke the suspension of environment clearances
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Govt keeps Gadgil’s report on flawed Environment Assessment reports for mining leases under wraps
Goa govt blatantly asks MoEF to remove suspension of ECs, even though Gadgil report indicts the manner in which the EIAs were done; Gadgil recommended that ECs should be reviewed every five years, Govt
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CM extends Delhi stay after MoEF refusal to revoke suspension of mining ECs
Under pressure from owners, Parsekar will ‘beg’ for renewal of 10 ‘big daddy’ leases on a case-by-case basis PANJIM :Following an uproar by the iron ore mining industry players after the Union Ministry
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Environment Ministry refuses to revoke suspension of ECs for mining leases
MoEF tells Goa government that fresh ECs have to be got for all renewed leases; fresh EIAs after public hearing required; body blow to mining resumption as new EC process may take close to a year, EC renewal
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NGT declares 12.61 ha of land as pvt forest in Mapusa
Castigating the Forest Department for delay in identifying and demarcating private forests, the National Green Tribunal, Pune, has declared 12.61 ha of land at Xelpem, Mapusa, as private forest. The
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Cong demands scrapping of Tiracol golf course project
Congress party has urged the State Environment and Forest Minister Alina Saldanha to revoke all green clearances granted to the Rs 5 billion golf course and eco-tourism resort of Leading Hotels Ltd at