Green tribunal suspends POSCO’s clearance
The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environmental clearance granted to the controversial POSCO steel project in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district. Read text of this NGT verdict >>
Related:
In-court: Final order on POSCO, 31st January, 2011.
In-court: MOEF order on POSCO dated April 14, 2011
Report : Meena Gupta committee report.
Feature: Odisha government proposes fresh agreement to expedite POSCO steel plant
Feature: CAG blows lid off land grab in Odisha
Feature: Land acquisition for Posco begins
Reportage on POSCO’s Green Clearance:
Latest News from Down To Earth
Ash flies in the face of power plan
ODISHA is set to become a powerhouse of the country. Over the past seven years, the state has signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with public and private firms to produce 50,000 MW thermal power.
The state is proud of this achievement, but experts are concerned over an environmental threat—fly ash, the notorious waste product of coal-fired plants, known to ruin agricultural land. Odisha may witness production of about 100 million tonnes fly ash annually if all the thermal power projects become operational.
National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat
The National Green Tribunal has put on hold the Bhadreshwar thermal power plant at Mundra in Gujarat. It has asked the project proponent, OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd, to stop all works at its 300 MW power plant till it gets the requisite environmental clearance.
"We have no hesitation to hold that until OPG Power Gujarat Pvt Ltd obtains clearance to use reserve forest land and clearance from the Coastal Regulation Zone Authorities, it cannot go ahead with the project," said a bench comprising chairperson A S Naidu and Vijai Sharma on February 14.
Government Policies and Action Plans
Environmental impact assessment guidance manual for nuclear power plants
The existing Environmental Impact Assessment manual of MoEF is common for all the sectors requiring prior environmental clearance. Considering the diversity in all the sectors related to infrastructure and industrial development, MoEF launched a programme for development of sector specific EIA guidance manual. The EIA guidance manual will help the project proponent
Terms of reference [TOR] for EIA report for activities / projects requiring environmental clearance
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a planning tool now generally accepted as an integral component of sound decision-making. The Environmental Clearance [EC] process for majority of projects will comprise of a maximum of four stages
EIAs and Public Hearings
Presentation by Chandra Bhushan at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues on green clearances organised by CSE, New Delhi
This video presents the talk by Chandra Bhushan, CSE, New Delhi on green clearances at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues, organised by CSE at New Delhi, during February 24-25, 2012.
Environmental impact assessment for proposed nuclear power park at Jaitapur, District Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
This EIA report on 10,000 mw Jaitapur nuclear power plant being set up by NPCIL in Ratnagiri says that, this project will have no impact on ecology of the region. However it has not been shared with affected villages and the project has met with strong protests.
Draft Environmental impact assessment report of expansion of thermal power plant, Tamnar, Raigarh
The draft EIA report on expansion of Jindal Power Ltd’s 2400 mw thermal power plant at Tamnar in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Ministry of Environment and Forests has now raised objections on the project and withdrawn the terms of reference saying that the required land for such a large project was not available at the site.
Industry In-Court
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility Survey 2011
About one third (31) of the top 100 companies in India report on corporate responsibility (CR) performance and 52 percent of these reporters provide reference to their sustainability strategy, KPMG has found in a survey. The survey included the top 100 listed companies in India by revenue. KPMG examined information disclosed publicly by these companies to discern emerging trends in corporate responsibility reporting.
Performance audit: Corporate Social Responsibility of Coal India Limited
A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on the performance audit of the activities of Corporate Social Responsibility by Coal India Ltd (CIL) during April 2004 to March 2010 in areas like environmental protection, safety requirement, occupational health of the workers and community development shows low allocation of funds and even failure to utilise those meagre funds.
Books
The state of India's environment: the sixth citizens' report - rich lands poor people: is 'sustainable' mining possible?
This book is an attempt to document all the complexities of mining. While, it is true that mining is essential, it is not a simple 'dig and sell' proposition for a country like India. Its challenges are immense.
Challenge of the new balance
The new CSE study of the six most emissions intensive sectors to determine India
Mega meet on green clearances
Ramesh Gauns, Goa, speaks on mining and mineral based industries at the Anil Agarwal Dialogues on green clearances organised by CSE at New Delhi on the 24th and 25th of February, 2012
Enviornment Education
This website is an online environmental resource for kids to find ideas, information, and inspiration to go green
Kidsgreen, a children’s website developed by the Centre for Environment Education, India (CEE).
