Centre proposes more power for states to grant environmental clearance
The draft notification, which is in public domain, now puts more mining projects under the ambit of State Environmental Impact Assessment Authorities
Environment ministry allows state authorities to deal with EC violation cases
A notification by the environment ministry to allow state authorities to deal with violation cases puts a serious question mark on project …
Science academies back neutrino lab project in Tamil Nadu
Three national science academies have assured that the project will follow all regulations and nobody will be displaced
Hold public meeting in Polavaram affected areas: SC to Centre
The SC bench, led by Justice Madan B Lokur, also said the project will only move forward after the public hearings are held
Chhattisgarh began building Mohar reservoir without green clearances: CAG
The state water resources department had no plan to acquire land before starting work on the project, says the audit report
Punjab, Haryana among the states with least forest cover; the problem runs deep
Are we ignoring the mounting ecological deficit that the country accumulates year after year?
West Bengal green assessor failed to perform its duty well: CAG
The organisation did not perform due diligence while granting environment clearances and doing post-clearance monitoring between 2012 and 2017
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 1, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
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
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 13, 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 (July 8, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
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
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
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2020)
Learning from past mistakes: It’s time to save urban rivers
Poorly designed, costly interventions need to be avoided to save river ecology
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-…
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’
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
NGT orders shut 15 chemical industrial units in Haryana for flouting norms
Experts express concern, point at state pollution control board for poor implementation
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.
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