NGT wants groundwater extraction based on EIA only

Tribunal calls for doing away with general permissions given to commercial entities to withdraw groundwater

EIA notification 2020 delayed till September 7

A petition had been filed in court, asking the notification be translated in all 22 regional languages of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution

The Supreme Court is sending wrong signals on post facto environmental clearances

Recently, the apex court has overlooked its own judgments and the underlying logic behind why there is a mechanism for environmental …

Climate litigations: Global South catching up with hotspot United States

Annual volume of cases doubled since Paris agreement; few in India  

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

Government admits to have bypassed environment impact assessments for Chardham project

Project was divided into 53 parts each less than 100 kilometres long, because of which it didn't need environmental impact assessment, says …

Preventing forest loss on private land can aid elephant conservation: Paper

Elephants prefer areas close to forests, with high vegetation cover and low human population densities, according to a recently published …

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’

Lessons from a pandemic: Urgency for climate action

Much like the claimed behaviour of an ostrich burying its head underground in the face of risk, we demonstrate our capacity to ignore risks like …

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    

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Experts raise questions on geological and geotechnical surveys for project

Accident spot located near Main Central Thrust of the Himalayas

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 17-21, 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

Wildlife during a pandemic: The other side of the coin

Instances of wild animals entering urban landscapes were reported the world over. But was everything about the lockdown hunky-dory for them?