Supreme Court bans registration of diesel vehicles beyond 2000cc for three months
The court asks the Centre and Delhi government to work together and fix norms to clean the city’s toxic air
Green tribunal asks tough questions on Uttarakhand development
Issues show-cause notice to state government, environment ministry; seeks details on development plans, environmental impact studies, preventive …
Make all forest clearances public in 7 days: green tribunal to MoEF
'Environment ministry kept forest clearance to Demwe project in Arunachal secret to thwart legal action'
Draft EIA 2020 notification: Moving beyond technical jargon
It is crucial to envision the EIA as anticipatory, participatory and systematic in nature and a process that relies on multidisciplinary input, …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 7, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 3, 2022)
Bustard conservation: No agreement on underground power lines, ban on new projects
Putting power lines underground not feasible; too late for new projects in Bustard habitat to be stopped, stakeholders said
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 5, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 6, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 18, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 23, 2019)
Rewind 2018: State of the air India breathes
Here are the major policies framed, studies conducted and steps taken in the last year over air and its quality
Plachimada Bill: Centre asks Kerala to approach National Green Tribunal
Tribunal will not consider cases more than five years old, point out victims and activists
People's power
Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton …
Uttarakhand floods: NGT notice to Alaknanda Hydropower Company for damage to Srinagar town
Construction debris dumped by project developer near dam and delay in opening flood gates responsible for large-scale damage, says petition
Expert panel report on de-watering for real estate projects in Noida upsets green activists
Report submitted by Noida authority to National Green Tribunal specifically justifies de-watering for Supertech Supernova project
Village throws a googly
Remote Eklehara has challenged what can be classified as a bio-resource and who should benefit from its use
Nirma’s dream hangs in balance
National Green Tribunal defers its decision on Nirma’s controversial cement plant project to October-end
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 14, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
Thermal power plants in Singrauli, Sonbhadra under NGT radar again
In July 14, 2020 order, the tribunal orders remedial action against thermal power plants; directs NTPC Vindhyachal to pay Rs 10 cr in …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 11, 2020)