Points to ponder

Right to information and transparency in eia are critical for public participation in development projects

Shut your shop'

DTC invites the wrath of the Supreme Court with its lax attitude towards the court order to convert all buses over eight years old to CNG by …

Health costs first

USEPA can now set stringent air quality standards only on the basis of health costs, not economic impacts

Protection of wildlife

Haunted by the past

Five years ago, Nigerian social activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was killed because he fought against multinational oil companies and dared to assert the …

Dirty deeds

Fundamental judgement

Clean drinking water is a fundamental right, states the Supreme Court and wants government to set up environmental courts

Punished for good

Back where it belongs

India emerges victorious from a legal wrangle with the US over the patenting of neem

Affected people can even approach the criminal court

JUSTICE N VENKATACHALA former judge of the Supreme Court, is currently chairperson of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA). Set …

Getting tough

The European Union comes down on seven governments for being lax on industrial pollution

National Green Tribunal to hear all environmental cases: Supreme Court

Apex court order may create problems for the already understaffed and overworked tribunal

TRANSGENIC CROPS

EU gets tough on environment crimes

FIGHTING FOR AIR

Weighed down by extremely high levels of particles in the air, some Indian cities seem to be coming of age with regard to vehicular air pollution.…

HYDERABAD Stalemate

There is a large support of a passive nature, but no outcry against air pollution

BANGALORE waking up

There is a need for better communication between the government and the people

Gujarat NGOs demand separate environment court

MINING WOES

In court

In court