India readies to implement UN’s REDD+ programme
MoEF’s draft policy aims to create the framework for transferring financial benefits from REDD+ to local communities involved in protecting …
Green tribunal orders state to restrict traffic around Kaziranga
Earlier this year, an expert panel had recommended construction of elevated roads to control animal deaths due to accidents
Assam government wants to build flyovers for Kaziranga rhinos
Elevated roads are expected to provide an easy passage to animals while moving between two adjacent forest reserves
Green tribunal questions two-stage forest clearance for POSCO
Raises hope of residents, activists who have been opposing the clearance given to the project
‘Tribunal order staying development on Karnataka grasslands ignored’
Environment ministry asked to filed response on Amrit Mahal Kaval allotments by end of this month or pay penalty
Elephants unsafe in Odisha
Killing of five elephants in Saturday's train accident takes toll of unnatural deaths of jumbos in past five years up to 194
Victims question Centre on delaying Plachimada Bill
Environment ministry says compensation claims from Coca-Cola diluted by time limit
The big idea for change: bamboo as grass
POSCO gets green signal
Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO
Forest rights act under scrutiny
Environment ministry does not seem open to criticism
In court
Halfway through
Tribal affairs ministy attempts to give forest dwellers their due welfare benefits, through a compromise
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board revises its consent order to Kudankulam plant
Madras High Court had questioned the heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge
CAG flags MoEFCC projects costing Rs 4.47 crore for procedural lapses
Two projects failed to take-off due to lack of monitoring and non-signing of agreements between parties
Centre constitutes committee for implementation of 2015 Paris Agreement
The committee will also act as a national authority for the regulation of carbon markets in India
10 reasons why Sri Sri Ravishankar should not be conducting the World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain
The activity cannot be termed as a benign activity and shall have a permanent footprint on the floodplain, say experts
MoEF withdraws draft amendments to solid waste management rules
Activists say amendments involve use of expensive, regressive and untested technologies for waste disposal
Ami’s dirty picture
The river Ami in district Gorakhpur, once known for its water that tasted as sweet as mangoes is today a receptacle of filth, sewage and …
An evening in Paris
Over two weeks and two extra days, the Paris climate conference delivered everything the world expected. Impassioned speeches. Hectic, sleep-…
Green tribunal begins hearing appeal against POSCO steel plant
MoEF says its decision to grant clearance cannot be challenged
Botanical gardens failed to conserve threatened plants despite Rs 48 crore budget: CAG report
‘Unfruitful’ expenditure of Rs 73.35 lakh on demonstration project by MoEF&CC observed
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Government notifies new solid waste management rules
These will replace the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, which have been in place for the past 16 years
Plan to incinerate Bhopal waste at Pithampur
Doubts had been expressed earlier over the capacity of the waste disposal facility in Dhar district
MoEF pulled up for flip-flop on tiger tourism
Government more worried about commercial activities being hit than safety of tigers: Supreme Court