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![It was not allowed to cut down the forest for sand mining in Kharkiv](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0084D577-5BDA-4253-9D94-CCC0D7B5170E-500x313.jpeg)
This is the second attempt of Geosend to create a quarry
![The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new rules for public hearings on the EIA](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/594BF0A4-1DF8-4562-842B-B0C7C11E03B4-500x313.jpeg)
After the victory, public hearings will be held as usual
![Cement plant was allowed to burn waste near residential areas in the Rivne region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/E3C8C595-1E76-48CE-9CD0-80485C29581B-500x313.jpeg)
The Ministry of Environment allowed such activity if the company additionally assesses its impact
![In September, the first public hearings on the EIA under the new rules will be held](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/5514320B-4FD2-400F-BA31-EAD675D7C8A8-500x313.jpeg)
OVD will apply to mining, logging, construction of a power line and a gas station
![Environmentalists pointed to critical obstacles for the development of the subsoil use industry](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/42895782-C9B2-403D-960A-7C668ACB5726-500x313.jpeg)
Subsoil extraction may be declared inadmissible after conducting the EIA
![The government updated the types of activities that are not covered by EIA](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/5D75FCDF-1100-4808-91A9-49F71AA6DBD7-500x313.jpeg)
The construction of overhead power lines with a voltage of 220 kV or more is not subject to the OVD procedure
![The Ministry of the Environment explained how to conduct public EIA hearings according to the new rules](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/023FBB4F-762F-42EC-A2E3-B0DA2F508591-500x313.jpeg)
Conducting ATS in the territories in the war zone is possible under certain conditions
![Kharkiv to destroy the forest for the sake of sand mining](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/D6638E7E-70D7-496E-9D20-B4061F92003C-500x313.jpeg)
The forest is a "place of strength" for many Kharkiv residents
![The EcoCommittee recommended the Council to adopt the scandalous draft law No. 8410 "On EIA"](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/shutterstock_1676350072-500x334.jpg)
The draft law, despite a number of promising changes, also contains negative norms
![The agenda of the EcoCommittee of the Verkhovna Rada for June 20](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/DBA2D391-B91F-44BE-BA49-4F90A9629749-500x312.jpeg)
People's deputies will discuss the results of an away meeting in the Kherson region
![A natural monument was turned into a quarry in Zhytomyr region](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/shutterstock_2053859294-500x314.jpg)
Eco-activists appealed to the prosecutor's office
![Lviv region to build a waste processing plant in the reserve](https://ecopolitic.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/FCC2234E-2CAE-47D9-A112-CD59D687FA02-500x313.jpeg)
Such activities are not allowed on the territory of the regional landscape park