An environmental skirt to hide behind

In a dark time reason takes a backseat, and propaganda can get rash. To convince 'nose-in-the-air' liberals that Saddam is really a bad boy, he …

Debate: Has economic liberalisation threatened India’s environment and natural resources?

The inaugural issue of Down To Earth (May 31, 1992) coincided with India opening up its economy. We carried a debate on how economic …

Desperately seeking experts

The environmental situation in India is grave -- our natural resources are getting depleted at an alarming rate and there is an acute paucity of …

"We don't intend to threaten India"

The Environmental Investigation Agency ( eia) is one of the leading international environment organisations in London. Recently, it has …

India will soon play a major role

SIRPA Pietikainen, Finland's environment minister, says the world has quite a few things to learn from India, especially when it comes to …

‘EIAs of mining projects have become a farce’

Christopher Albin-Lackey, senior researcher with New York-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has documented the large-scale environmental …

On paper

The Green Rating Project (GRP) of the Centre for Science and Environment was conceived as a means to track the environmental performance of India'…

Enter -The green rating project

Indian industry is huge. But most environmentalists believe it has done little to reduce pollution, which will only rise as the economy grows. …

Tribunal on trial

It has been four years since the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act was passed by Parliament for effective and expeditious disposal of cases …

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …

Lavasa exposed

By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …

EIA 2020 to give straight clearances for 239 dams

Some 900 hectares of forest will be submerged with the dams, claim experts  

Environment (Protection) Act: 39 changes made to rules in 2 years of pandemic, shows report

Most relaxations & exemptions made for development projects through gazette notifications, office memorandums, orders

Miner liable to pay ‘dead rent’ when unable to extract minerals due to lack of clearance: Andhra HC

Petitioner approached the court against the state government insisting on a dead rent for 2013-2020

Draft EIA 2020 undercuts India’s biodiversity and climate goals

The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in …

Draft EIA: SC rejects Centre challenge to Delhi HC translation order

The high court heard a petition asking the Centre to print the draft EIA notification in 22 languages mentioned in the Eight Schedule of the …

Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline

Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become …

Draft EIA 2020 notification: Moving beyond technical jargon

It is crucial to envision the EIA as anticipatory, participatory and systematic in nature and a process that relies on multidisciplinary input, …

Whose EIA draft is it anyway — people or project proponents?

The draft Environmental Impact Assessment reflects technocratic language, as it makes public consultation a tertiary issue and focuses on …

EIA notification 2020 in violation of FRA: Activists write to MoEF&CC

The provisions would adversely affect rights of forest dwellers and their right to minor forest produce 

Environmental Impact Assessment: Why the govt needs to re-think its latest draft

The current EIA draft has severely diluted environmental protection, adding to the degradation of the environment; it can become an …

Finding green sense in India’s new environmental regime

The new EIA draft notification leaves a lot of questions unanswered even as India is yet to receive a robust mechanism for performance monitoring …

25 years of liberalisation and its impact on environment

Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on 25 years of liberalisation and it's impact on environment

All bark, no bite

More noise than action: this is what the painfully resurrected wildlife board of India indulged in after a yawning gap of nine years

Green hope and mockery

After a 10-year crusade, Sri Lankan environmentalists finally got what they wanted: mandatory environmental impact assessments for development …