No to shipyard

The Rs 300-crore project is being builtin Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district

New coastal rules draft made public

Fishers say proposed CRZ notification does not recognize their rights

Adanis’ game plan for Mundra ship-breaking yard

Analysis by Centre for Science and Environment shows the company has been pushing the recycling facility by concealing it under a waterfront …

Backdoor democracy

Central directives on coastal zones could be used to circumvent rules

Vizhinjam port: Supreme Court rejects Kerala’s plea to stay green tribunal verdict

Apex court says it would examine all the aspects, economic, environmental and defence, in detail without staying any order issued by the tribunal

Union Budget 2022-23: Why CSE advocated single-window clearances

Parivesh portal to be expanded with a target to clear projects with a 360-degree assessment    

Clearance based on false claims

Panel confirms Sompeta and Bhavanapadu thermal project sites are wetlands

Ready to taxi

Push for sand mining

New Maharashtra policy ignores resident’s concerns, law

Coastal management rules under review

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 5, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

The word is management

A divided house

Bombay HC halts work at Mulund-Thane SEZ

Asks project proponent to immediately stop dumping solid waste to reclaim land 

Kochi Corporation issued building permits in violation of coastal regulations: CAG report

Multi-storey buildings up to 21 floors were allowed along Chilavanoor backwaters without even bothering to obtain clearances from coastal …

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …

The CMZ notification

Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds

National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat

Asks project proponent to obtain environmental clearances

New rules for coasts

Environment ministry notifies CRZ 2011. It has pro-builder bias, say fishers and activists

Cheyyur power project: people to move court against MoEF panel approval

Activists say expert appraisal committee's clearance to proposed ultra mega power project based on false information furnished in EIA report

Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms: MoEF committee report

Report recommends reform of coastal zone regulations, establishment of environment restoration fund

Demolition orders for Banyan Tree luxury resort

Seven-star deluxe villa resort was built on an islet in Vembanad backwaters, a Ramsar site, with full cooperation of state agencies

RTI uncovers environment ministry flip-flop on Mulund-Thane SEZ

Officials obliged developer and reclassified coastal land to allow project

POSCO gets green signal

Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO