Benefit interrupted

Biodiversity authority prepares a weak draft of guidelines on access and benefit sharing of natural resources

Parched capital

While Delhi struggles to make rainwater harvesting compulsory even after 13 years of amending byelaws, Chennai shows the way

Minor no more

Environment ministry regulates mining of minor minerals, finally

Experts without expertise

National Green Tribunal disapproves appointment of people without relevant experience to expert appraisal committees, asks environment ministry …

An order of chaos

National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …

Tribunal on trial

It has been four years since the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act was passed by Parliament for effective and expeditious disposal of cases …

Where river runs black

Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people

Coal mess in Maharashtra

While state agencies fight over the quality of coal supplied to Maharashtra's coal-fired power plants, it is the people who are suffering for no …

Why is river Yamuna still maily?

Officials do not understand the gray waters produced by the city

An ordeal by water

Nothing official about it

Ishikaa Sharma recounts her first day at the National Green Tribunal

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 …

Village throws a googly

Remote Eklehara has challenged what can be classified as a bio-resource and who should benefit from its use