The Latest Breaking News from MoEFCC

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has called for a report from its regional office in Chennai, to ascertain whether Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited had violated any conditions imposed on it when it was granted environmental clearance for its plant close to Vedanthangal bird sanctuary.

The National Green Tribunal’s southern zone bench in Chennai has recommended that the State-Level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) may be brought under the direct administrative control of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to avoid the “eagerness” shown by them to grant environment clearances to…

Rejected at least 10 times by statutory bodies, the mega Hubballi-Ankola rail project has now ostensibly met the same fate at the hands of a seven-member inspection committee of the National Board for Wildlife.

The award will be presented to the mahouts and cavadis from the Malasar tribal community in Coimbatore district during the World Elephant Day celebration to be held at the Periyar Elephant Reserve, Kerala, on August 12.

The information sought on January 12, 2021, included history and background of establishing elephant reserves and area notified

The Kasturirangan Committee was tasked with suggesting a holistic approach for sustainable and equitable development and conservation of ecology in the Western Ghats. Why has the state government been in loggerheads with it for 10 years?

MoEFCC cancels recognition as centre found lacking in facilities

‘Officials have no right to continue works till payments were made’

MoEFCC also directed to get fresh studies on carrying capacity and environment impact done before permitting further expansion

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Scientists have tagged more than 6,000 turtles to gather more info about breeding behaviour, migration