Breaking the impasse of 2013

MoEF directed to reassess Pipavav port expansion project

National Green Tribunal reprimands environment ministry for casual evaluation

Desperate for dam

Government skews facts to plan a project in Rajasthan that will displace 100,000 people

Experts without expertise

National Green Tribunal disapproves appointment of people without relevant experience to expert appraisal committees, asks environment ministry …

Need or greed?

The Union Ministry of Finance has recently alleged that green clearances are holding up the country’s infrastructure development and growth.…

Temporary relief as plan for Etalin hydel in Arunachal junked

Arunachal Pradesh government told to submit plan for controversial project again

Bully among birds

A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms

‘MoEF violated Supreme Court order’

Ministry’s own panel says it should not have given clearances to two Uttarakhand projects

Call the monitor

The MoEF-NHAI roadblock

Two Central government arms fight over de-linking of forest, environment clearances

Floods, earthquakes, landslides: Why Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project can be a worry

Formation of glacial lakes driven by climate change and sesimic risks pose threat to nature and life; project’s environmental …

Green clearance test for NDA

Adani port under scrutiny

Jayanthi Natarajan agrees to inspection of the project for environmental violations

Why draft EIA 2020 needs a revaluation

The point of contention in the draft Environment Impact Assessment is post-facto clearance and less public participation with affected …

Ministry in a hurry

MoEF agrees to ridiculously small eco-sensitive zones to help projects bypass wildlife clearance

Battle over oil, coal & forests

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2020)

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

Mining sans social consent

Andhra Pradesh coal firm’s plan to convert underground mine to open cast will affect people of eight villages

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

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

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 …

Regulating small-scale mines below 5 ha

Will National Green Tribunal's restraint order curb haphazard and unscientific mining of minor minerals that includes sand?

Who is monitoring Lavasa?

Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …

Coal quandary

In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …

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Mr Modi, Wish us a Happy Environment Day