Expert Appraisal Committees to meet twice a month to fast track environmental clearance
Experts slam government move, stating it would short-change the importance of appraisal and detailed scrutiny in the environment clearance process
‘Someone should speak on behalf of environment’
Shibani Ghosh, the author of Indian Environmental Law: Key Concepts and Principles, speaks to Down To Earth on the role judiciary plays in …
India can rely on sand imports till the time it is viable
India is importing river sand to satiate the growing demand of its construction industry and to keep soaring sand prices in check. But imports …
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 …
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
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 …
Ease of doing business comes at an environmental cost
India has seen a historic jump in ease of doing business this year, but dilution of legislation to facilitate business will hurt the environment
EIA notification 2020 in violation of FRA: Activists write to MoEF&CC
The provisions would adversely affect rights of forest dwellers and their right to minor forest produce
पर्यावरण प्रभाव आकलन अधिसूचना के प्रकाशन पर 7 सितंबर तक रोक
अदालत में दाखिल एक याचिका में कहा गया है कि अधिसूचना का 22 क्षेत्रीय भाषा में अनुवाद होना चाहिए
Centre relaxes environmental clearance for sugar mills
MoEFCC notification comes at a time when sugar mills owe Rs 22,000 crore to farmers for cane supplied in 2017-18
Himalaya unwrapped
The science, culture and politics that shaped the world's youngest mountain range
Many parties to UNEP CoP not paying arrears, flags document
According to the document, 20 countries did not contribute for three or more years
उत्तराखंड को विनाश के पथ पर ले जाएगा चारधाम ऑल वेदर रोड
निचला हिमालय क्षेत्र स्थिर नहीं है। गंगा घाटी क्षेत्र में लगातार भूस्खलन के रूप में इसके प्रत्यक्ष प्रमाण देखे जा सकते हैं
New MoEF guidelines for elephant deaths from anthrax
Environment ministry suggests official team to collect biological samples, dispose infected carcasses safely and map anthrax hotspots
Activist arrested while protesting against upcoming biorefinery in Assam
Soneswar Narah was addressing a public meeting of residents affected by the biorefinery
UNCCD CoP 14: Report on Soil Organic Carbon released
Soil Organic Carbon, which is the plant and animal tissues at various states of decomposition in the soil, is a yardstick for sustainable land …
Delhi tree felling: Absent forest policy, absentee Tree Authority
Between 2014 and 2017, the government planted 28,12,000 trees against the target of 36, 57,000, leaving a shortfall of 845,000 trees
Andaman & Nicobar grapples with tourist influx, deforestation and scars of 2004 Tsunami
Islands in Flux: The Andaman and Nicobar Story is a collection of writings by Pankaj Sekhsaria on problems the archipelago has been facing in the …
A geological account on how to interpret time
Bjornerud rationalises global problems we are facing today and says that the reason for this evidently self-harming behaviour is because of the …
Supreme Court pulls up Centre for not using Rs 90,000 crore meant for environment
The court also suspects misuse of funds as a recent affidavit showed that the money was being used for construction of roads, renovation of bus …
Heatwave over north, central India abating, says private forecaster
Temperatures to fall after rising marginally in the next two days
Request for diverting forest land in Saranda for Tata rejected
Forest Advisory Committee, which comes under MoEF, cited a lack of information as well as many inconsistencies in the proposal
How culture shaped evolution
A new book argues that cultural evolution helped in the accumulation of locally adaptive knowledge much faster than genetic evolution
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
Panel looking into pastoral communities’ forest rights to visit J&K
The committee was constituted by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs on February 21, 2020
