Chaos in reforms

The TSR Subramanian Committee report, meant to suggest environmental governance reforms, creates more confusion

Antimicrobial resistance: Madhya Pradesh’s action plan needs targeted and specific interventions

Antibiotics in food animals an essential environmental and public health issue

Global warming, Cyclone Biparjoy worked in tandem to bring monsoon to Mumbai and Delhi on same date

Incident last happened 62 years ago in 1961, confirmed IMD

POSCO project may kick off this year despite green tribunal order

India’s largest FDI might downsize initially, to get going

Nirma loses wetland

Environment ministry revokes clearance to its cement plant

Granite greed

Frenzied quarrying destroys livelihoods and environment in Karimnagar

Apex court spanner in Nirma cement plant

Mine-boggling

Officials in Orissa allowed leases to lapse so that companies could mine on the sly

India’s reservoirs now have 155% more water than last yr

Live storage in 123 reservoirs is at 66.372 billion cubic metres (BCM) or 39 per cent of total live storage capacity

Green clearances not required for new coal mine leaseholders

Environment ministry transfers environment clearances of previous leaseholders to new allottees

Environment ministry seeks to curb shoddy EIA reports

Project developers made responsible for data and content in environmental impact assessments

‘Attribution studies help increase awareness about links between human activities and climate change’

Down To Earth talks to Wenxia Zhang, author of paper on attribution of extreme heat & drought events in 2022 at COP28

COP27 diary (November 17): Details on loss and damage facility, phasing out coal missing from ‘Cover Decision’ draft

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit  

Least developed countries set expectations for COP28 with Dakar Declaration

LDCs account for 1% of GHG emissions but are at forefront of the climate crisis, say ministers

El Nino to cause global losses worth $84 trillion by 2099, India may be more vulnerable than estimated

Impacts of El Nino will be more pronounced in poor countries in the tropics like India

Seven Maharashtra villages protest dam

Compensation too meagre, say Melghat tribals

Dam at fault

Maharashtra builds dam in quake zone without permission. High Court refuses stay

India takes a step ahead on nuclear transparency

To introduce an independent nuclear regulatory authority

Bombay high court gives six weeks' time to Lavasa

Asks to submit documents to environment ministry by March 10

Neutrino in elephant's way

Turtles return to nest

Lower the din

Church of England sells Vedanta shares

Activists pressure church body to give up stake in metal company

47 power plants in Vidarbha

Why set up thermal plants when the region is power surplus?

Coastal area projects got Centre’s nod without proper environmental impact assessment, finds CAG

Projects used outdated baseline data for green assessment, no environmental impact evaluation