Colonies on floodplains of Yamuna, Hindon: green tribunal issues notices to Centre, states
Petition alleges land mafia encroached floodplains in collusion with administration officials
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2019)
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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 23, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 26, 2023)
Karnataka government seeks more time to clean Bellandur Lake
Officials say that one month is too short a period to finish cleaning as they need to redirect the waste currently being dumped in the lake
Games people play
Institutions that would help resolve conflicts and take credible decisions have been weakened
NGT slaps Rs 25 crore on company for damaging mudflats, mangroves
Das Offshore reclaimed 25 hectares of the inter-tidal region of the Arabian Sea in Raigad district
The environment-development divide: is there room for dialogue?
If we accept the premise that ecological concerns are as worthy as developmental needs , then the decision to have a mine, dam, or road needs to …
Sterlite Copper in Thoothukudi to remain shut: Madras HC
It also dismissed all petitions for the plant to resume operations
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 22, 2023)
Experts irked over revised structure of Central Empowered Committee
New notification gives unprecedented powers to central government
Curb colossal ecological destruction during Char Dham Yatra: NGT-appointed panel
The NGT will assess the report when it hears the matter January 25, 2023
‘Cleaner fuel the way ahead’: NGT limits brick kiln operations in Delhi-NCR
The order, however, stated implementation concerns
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 17, 2020)
Carting away sand
Labourers illegally mine beach sand in Ratnagiri, removing the buffer between ocean and human habitat
NGT steps in to save Kanha tiger from small-scale mines
Directs state to evaluate if cumulative EIA is required for the dolomite mines bordering tiger habitat
Pollution may be higher in Kolkata this Diwali
Noise level standards were relaxed for firecrackers in West Bengal following recent orders of the National Green Tribunal
Plea to stay Nirma cement plant site inspection rejected
Green tribunal's vacation bench says another site inspection can be scheduled post-monsoon, if required
Green tribunal notice to Delhi Metro Rail on rainwater harvesting
Petition says metro rail corporation can harvest up to 87.3 million litres water annually
NGT scraps 2017 ministry note easing sewage treatment norms
The standards were diluted by the notification that permitted more pollutants than what was allowed under the 2015 CPCB draft
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 15-19)
Climate change in North East: Arunachal’s Seijosa shows connect between shifting patterns, declining biodiversity
Loss in forest cover, change in rainfall patterns, human interventions may together set in motion irreversible patterns
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 8, 2020)
Ayodhya airport expansion and discharge of water from Coca-Cola factory put villagers in a fix
Villages drowning after rains due to airport expansion while polluted water destroying fields, allege locals