Save the Nu/Salween river
China's plan to build a series of dams over southeast Asia's second largest river has evoked a strong response from environmental, human rights …
Cola major gets a taste of panchayat power
A multi-billion-dollar transnational corporation has had to blink first in an eyeball-to-eyeball dispute with an obscure panchayat of Kerala. On …
Affected people can even approach the criminal court
JUSTICE N VENKATACHALA former judge of the Supreme Court, is currently chairperson of the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA). Set …
Real estate on water
Lakes were critical for Indian cities. They prevented floods and recharged groundwater. Today, these holes in the ground are either lucrative …
FIGHTING FOR AIR
Weighed down by extremely high levels of particles in the air, some Indian cities seem to be coming of age with regard to vehicular air pollution.…
Dirty fuel
CSE's Clean Air campaigners ANUMITA ROYCHOWDHURY and CHIRAG SHAH expose the dirty, intelligent and systematic business of fuel adulteration:…
Boon or menace?
Public interest litigations come under a cloud once again as the Prime Minister questions their viability
Pilfering citizens' rights
The latest Gowdaspeak is a draft bill that would restrict people's access to courts to agitate against environmental mismanagement
And justice for all
A stay order issued in public interest by a court must outweigh the public interest of completing a project in time
Move to nationalise NGOs
The Planning Commission's efforts to network voluntary agencies has received a lot of flak from the non-government sector.
Miffed with the greens
Conscious of the pressure upon them, representatives of industry discuss environmental matters at length in the automobile manufacturers' annual meet
Victory for Bangla arsenic victims
The High Court in London confirmed that the British Geological Survey has a reasonable case to answer and that the victims have a realistic …
Flood on hilltop
Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station
In support of Hazare
Politicians, social activists and non-governmental organisations rally behind Anna Hazare
South Asia: A Trash Can?
It's time South Asian countries took Iaction to tackle the POP menace. To begin with, they should tell the West that South Asia is not a dirty …
Not testing the waters
Case filed against British geological body for not providing information on arsenic contamination in Bangladesh's wells
Impatient to sterilise
In a hurry to bring down fertility rate, health officials are blatantly flouting government’s guidelines
Deadline extended for shifting people affected by Omkareshwar dam
Monsoon impedes demolition and moving of homes; Narmada Bachao Andolan claims time provided is insufficient
Kerala floods: Two residents file PIL, say water management saw no change since 1956
The duo blames authorities for aggravating flood situation by releasing unplanned volumes of water when the state had already seen exceptional …
The interminable wait for justice
Three years after a public interest litigation case was filed in the Supreme Court to stop a local factory polluting its drinking water, the …
Rapped for inaction
SC takes governments to task over tardiness in executing food-based employment schemes following starvation deaths in Rajasthan
SC dismisses petition seeking ban on WhatsApp
An RTI activist had filed the petition saying that encryption in WhatsApp could threaten national security
Polluting unit in Rajasthan gets clean chit
Activists are fighting the Rajasthan Board for Prevention and Control of Pollution's sudden decision to clear the Pesticides India Ltd factory at …
Price of patents
Experts believe that the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed recently by the Indian Parliament may give rise to an escalation of …
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