Supreme Court orders status quo on Kaleshwaram irrigation project expansion
Telangana government increasing capacity without green nod, court told
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 18, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
What is MoEF&CC’s compliance module for environmental clearance all about?
The latest notification by the ministry is a step forward in streamlining the process; but some gaps remain
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 15, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
UP’s SEIAA not working to its full potential, report by NGT-appointed joint committee says
There is a lack of clarity in SEIAA regarding methodology to be followed for building projects and imposition of environmental compensation for …
Gujarat RIL case study shows weaknesses of environmental impact assessment in India
Focus on economic growth has diluted the EIA in India
Our broken system of environmental clearance
Environmental impact assessment has become a convoluted exercise, designed for futility
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
Union Budget 2022-23 key pointers: One window green clearances
The SEZ Act will be replaced with a new one and with more state participation.
NGT orders shut 15 chemical industrial units in Haryana for flouting norms
Experts express concern, point at state pollution control board for poor implementation
Expedite climate action, focus on protected areas: What Bhupendra Yadav should map out
The new environment minister has inherited governance challenges from his predecessor as the country experiences institutional inefficiency
Here’s why Centre’s new SOP may damage Environment Impact Assessment regime
MoEF&CC’s new guidelines no deterrent; rather, they send a message to violators to ‘pay their way through’
Prosperity, thorns, a village road: Ground report from Khodgaon (near Rowghat iron ore reserve)
A road in national interest: Despite its opposition, a tribal village sees a road cut right through it to mine one of India’s biggest iron-…
Learning from past mistakes: It’s time to save urban rivers
Poorly designed, costly interventions need to be avoided to save river ecology
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 28-October 1, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
EIA 2020 to give straight clearances for 239 dams
Some 900 hectares of forest will be submerged with the dams, claim experts
Peripheral ring road project: Karnataka HC bars action on virtual hearing
HC issues notices to state authority; asks whether virtual hearings were sufficient and valid under procedure established under EIA, 2006
Opencast expansion at Chhattisgarh mine violates NGT order
The EAC recommended that the coal mine be expanded to 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from 1 MTPA through opencast method
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2020)
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 …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 13, 2020)
COVID-19: MoEF&CC extends validity of environmental clearances till June 30
Experts urged the ministry to reissue draft of notification on environment impact assessment also
As told to Parliament (July 22, 2019): States asked to form biotechnology coordination panels against GM crops
All that was discussed in the House through the day
