2021 Cabinet reshuffle: In ministers sacked, there is a message
Amid an ongoing pandemic, a raging conflict over rights activists being targeted by the government and a collapse of the labour market, the exit …
Climate experts hail forthcoming US climate summit with caution and riders
The US should clean up its own act first as far as net zero is concerned, climate experts say
COVID-19 vaccine update: People above 45 eligible for jabs from April 1
Ministry of Home Affairs releases updated guidelines for COVID-19 control
As told to Parliament (February 12, 2021): CSE expose on honey adulteration taken note of by Centre
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it
Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …
Inter-ministerial panel for FRA: A giant step backwards, say experts
Forest experts raise concern over the Union environment ministry assuming central role in matters originally meant for the tribal ministry
Inter-ministerial committee formed in September to look into FRA implementation
The committee has to meet regularly to come up with suggestions on the way forward regarding the implementation problems of FRA
Draft EIA 2020 undercuts India’s biodiversity and climate goals
The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in …
Draft EIA: SC rejects Centre challenge to Delhi HC translation order
The high court heard a petition asking the Centre to print the draft EIA notification in 22 languages mentioned in the Eight Schedule of the …
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, …
Whose EIA draft is it anyway — people or project proponents?
The draft Environmental Impact Assessment reflects technocratic language, as it makes public consultation a tertiary issue and focuses on …
Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline
Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become …
Microplastics, microbeads: What you did not know about self-care products
Bureau of Indian Standards in 2017 proposed a ban on raw materials not recognised safe for use in cosmetics from 2020. The status of the ban is&…
Is an environmental apocalypse approaching India?
The Union government scarcely conceals its contempt for the environment working assiduously to dismantle environment protection.
National Board for Wildlife hasn’t met even once since 2014
Experts express dismay over state of affairs, ask how policy-level issues being dealt with
Javadekar says 69,000 ha of forest land diverted, govt data differs
According to MoEFCC’s e-governance portal eGreen, 72,685 ha of forest land was diverted
Speakers highlight importance of implementation at CMS CoP 13
Need to redirect synergies on the ground, they said
Javadekar hints at key decisions on central Asian migratory bird flyway
Conservation decisions on vultures, Great Indian Bustards to be also taken at the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 13th …
India’s forest cover goes up by nearly 3% this decade; but all is not well
'Very dense forests', which absorb maximum carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, increased by a mere 1.14 % between 2017 and 2019, according …
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India’s mixed role
India continued to push developed countries on climate action but played a less-than-constructive role on other issues
Simply Put: Govt's climate action achievements
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India must release its 2005 baseline emissions data
This will enable much high quality policy-relevant analysis of India’s road to sustainability
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Javadekar trumpets govt’s achievements in Madrid
The minister then ticked all boxes currently under negotiation in a business-as-usual manner without being much forthright
Climate Emergency CoP 25: ‘No’ to ambition raise, ‘yes’ to Kyoto extension: India
The country will like to concentrate wholly on the implementation of the Paris Agreement
Simply Put: Pollution does not shorten lifespan in India
