Private funds for Madhya Pradesh forests: Beware of legal concerns, warn experts
MP government plans to hand over 37,420 sq km degraded forest to private companies for afforestation
New CSE report advocates incentives and penalties for getting clean power
‘First Run’ urges incentivising power stations that meet revised pollution norms and penalising those that don’t
Environment ministry notifies construction & demolition waste management rules
Construction and demolition waste is not a waste but a resource, says Prakash Javadekar
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
Mass protests in Mumbai, Dehradun against Centre’s attempts to undermine forest rights
Demonstrations follow T S R Subramanian Committee report recommending measures to fast-track environmental clearances
Compensatory afforestation: 70% data with ministry incorrect, writes top forest officer
Inspector General of Forests AK Mohanty sent letter to all states, alleging discrepancies
More than Rs 25 crore for Asiatic lions unspent despite 331 deaths
Positions of forest guards, veterinarians and foresters are lying vacant and a vaccine is yet to be developed
Baghjan blowout verdict: NGT flags violations by OIL, offers respite to affected
Blowout, fire could have been prevented by OIL, said eight-member committee of experts
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
DTE Exclusive: Govt report blames half of Gir lion deaths in January-May this year on diseases
The other half died of natural causes, snake bite, electrocution and by falling into wells
Three OIL exploration proposals up for consideration in Assam even as Baghjan smoulders
While clearance for Baghjan was opposed by locals during public hearings, such dissent will amount to nothing with the three proposed projects
Leaking Oil India well that caught fire yesterday should have been flagged earlier
Serious observations were made about Oil India project near Dibru-Saikhowa national park
Delhi-NCR air quality commission: Order, order to new order
As the new ordinance seeks curtailment of judicial intervention, the executive faces the real challenge of pushing difficult and inconvenient …
Nearly 213 ha in protected areas diverted between April and July
Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife approved 21 projects for diversion, deferred 7 for later
Nearly 500 ha forest land in protected areas diverted in 2019
Standing committee of the National Board for Wildlife gave nod to carry out 68 projects in protected areas
India continues to lose forest land to non-forestry projects
Central environment ministry reports diversion of 11,467 hectares forest land in 2019 (up to first week of November)
92 lions already dead in Gir this year, report flags
Union govt was aware of high mortality even as PM Modi played up rise in count
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 …
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 25-29, 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 …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 13-17, 2020)
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, …
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