Today's Top Environment News Alert

◆ South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), the Chhattisgarh-based arm of Coal India Limited (CIL), will invest Rs 169 crore on plantations in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, over a period of the next four years.
https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/south-eastern-coalfields-to-invest-rs-169-crore-on-miyawaki-plantation-123121200876_1.html

◆ A cinerous vulture, a native of Central Asia and Europe, was seen in Delhi’s skies after at least three decades. Retired scientist Surya Prakash, a keen birder, spotted the vulture hovering over Neeli Jheel in the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary on December 9.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/rare-vulture-spotted-at-asola-bhatti-sanctuary-101702318906372.html

◆ Andhra Pradesh Forest officials arrested a 29-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly slaughtering a spotted deer in Nandyala district, and seized 35 kg venison from him, said an official.
https://theprint.in/india/andhra-pradesh-forest-officials-arrest-man-for-allegedly-slaughtering-deer-seize-35-kg-venison/1883418/

◆ The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has reiterated that the Karnataka government should get the Supreme Court’s approval for the dereservation of forest land released for rehabilitation of people affected by the Sharavathi Valley Hydroelectric Project in Shivamogga district.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/dereservation-of-forest-land-karnataka-has-to-take-supreme-courts-approval-reiterates-centre/article67630572.ece

◆ The Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has notified industry-specific discharge standards, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union MoS Environment, Forest and Climate Change said on Monday.
https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/govt-notifies-80-industry-specific-discharge-standards-to-curb-chemical-waste-in-rivers

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