Biomedical Waste Management in India: Still a looming concern

The seemingly endless stream of biomedical waste management in India has necessitated the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to …

Nilgai, wild boar declared vermins in Bihar

Nilgais and wild boars frequently damage crops in the western, central and northern parts of the country

Flawed attempt

The recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report can further dilute the already weak Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

Centre eases green norms to expedite coal mining projects

Projects can now move forward even in the absence of final clearance

Environment ministry's new advisory seeks to protect wildlife

The advisory seeks to make industries responsible for activities taking place in and around protected areas

COP27: India’s national statement lacked teeth; was centred around mission LiFE

No mention in India’s statement at COP27 on key negotiating agendas, complain experts

Environmental governance: India's changing scenario

The department of environment came into existence on November 1, 1980 followed by state departments

‘Make green clearance mandatory for inland waterways’

Over 50 experts and concerned citizens write to Harsh Vardhan, Union environment minister, demanding that environmental clearance be made …

Environment Performance Index: Yale counters India’s claim that report was based on unscientific methods

India, last on Environment Performance Index 2022, was faring poorly since 2016

MoEFCC deals death blow to Madhya Pradesh’s tourism promotion plan

Sources said the underlying objective behind the proposal was to “rejuvenate” degraded forest areas in order to take off …

NH-7 expansion project: NGT stays felling of trees for two weeks

Earlier, a petition against the widening of the highway project was filed by three non-governmental organisations

Environment ministry may allow hunting of ‘nuisance’ wild animals

Union minister Prakash Javadekar plans to implement rules for killing overpopulated wildlife species for saving life and property

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 12, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal    

Goan village residents fight for sustainable mining rights

Residents of Caurem, a tribal village, have always been at the forefront of anti-mining demonstrations. Now, they have formed a society …

Plantations, invasive species... what all India counts as ‘forest’

Forest survey should move beyond measuring area to studying quality of forests, say experts    

Polluting coal power plants may get blanket 20-year extension of compliance deadlines 

Only 5% Category C plants in compliance with emission norms at present

Environment takes back seat: MoEFCC extends SOx compliance deadline again

Non-retiring plants get 2-year extension, retiring plants get till 2027

Environment ministry makes forest rights Act irrelevant in initial stage of forest clearance

Letter from MOEFCC regarding Western Coalfields projects in Maharashtra also shun tribal ministry’s concerns

Stop 10,000 acre Aravalli safari park to save fragile ecosystem: Activists to Haryana CM, MoEFCC

Apart from increasing human footfall, vehicular traffic and construction in the area, the proposed safari park will also disturb critical aquifers

Okhla bird sanctuary case: respite likely for Noida home-buyers, developers

Environment ministry for quick settlement of eco-sensitive zone around bird habitat along the Yamuna in south Delhi

Environmental clearances

Clearances to coal mining projects has been a priority for Narendra Modi government

Protests mar Bengaluru consultation on draft solid waste rules

Programme called off after activists and civil society groups term the consultation illegal and unconstitutional

Prosperity, thorns, a village road: Ground report from Khodgaon (near Rowghat iron ore reserve)

A road in national interest: Despite its opposition, a tribal village sees a road cut right through it to mine one of India’s biggest iron-…

Environment ministry reiterates its stance on FRA compliance in forest land diversion

MoEFCC letter sent two days before SC stayed its order on rejected FRA claims