Mumbai Coastal Road: Pathway to ruin
On July 16, the Bombay High Court ordered that construction on the $1.7 billion Mumbai Coastal Road, to be built by reclaiming the city’s …
On verge of destruction
The Tadadi port project in Karnataka will deal a severe blow to the sacred mangroves
Mired in sewage
Temple town Guruvayur adamant on dumping its sewage in backwater villages despite stringent laws, opposition
Deep waters
Puducherry's plans for a new port have prompted unprecedented protests. Allegations of a huge land grab facilitated by procedural violations and …
Guns, saws and double standards
Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous
Destruction of mangroves causes damages of up to $42 billion each year
UN report recommends implementation of policies and laws to protect mangroves
Science and Technology - Briefs
Rising sea levels and tidal erosion eating up Sunderbans
Rising sea levels are real. A trip to the Sunderbans, in the Bay of Bengal, shows how devastating it can be in tandem with insidious tidal erosion.…
Line of conflict
Fisherfolk of Salaya are up in arms against Essar's port project; say the conglomerate has bent all rules to usurp their fishing ground
Adani port under scrutiny
Jayanthi Natarajan agrees to inspection of the project for environmental violations
Notice to Mundra for flouting laws
Environment ministry asks to reply within 15 days why the clearance should not be revoked
Kerala creating eco-fence against natural calamities
South Asia
Eye on the storm
Cyclone Phailin has not taken many lives but has left behind a trail of destruction that severely cripples people’s livelihood. What did it …
Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms: MoEF committee report
Report recommends reform of coastal zone regulations, establishment of environment restoration fund
Letters
Still life in waves
The visual media is into the business of producing images. Sometimes, just sometimes, they become iconic. For disasters there is a recognisable …
Indonesia’s mangroves one of the world’s best solutions to climate change
Findings bring Indonesia one step closer to climate change commitment
This week from the world of science and environment
The discovery of an important piece in evolutionary science and the threat of extreme weather events to our food security—a quick look at …
RTI uncovers environment ministry flip-flop on Mulund-Thane SEZ
Officials obliged developer and reclassified coastal land to allow project
Climate change leads to worst mangrove destruction in Australia
Some 7,000 hectares or nine per cent of the mangroves were destroyed in one month
A risky route
A Rs 12,000-crore coastal road project in Mumbai is facing stiff resistance from fishers, urban planners and environmentalists. But, the …