One river, two origins

Industrialists are trying to push the origin of the Nag river downstream to capture its upper stretch for real estate business

State has no absolute right over subsoil minerals: SC

Ownership over minerals vest with land owner, says apex court; question of payment of royalty to state referred to a larger bench

Mumbai sea link extension may be junked in favour of a coastal road

Activists say Rs 9,000 crore project will destroy beaches and violates coastal regulations

Companies fined heavily for mining over limit in Odisha

State authorities send notices to 103 mines

Maharashtra groundwater bill gets presidential nod

Setting up regulatory authority, notification of overexploited areas and developing watershed development plans to get top priority

National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat

Asks project proponent to obtain environmental clearances

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

NGT wants groundwater extraction based on EIA only

Tribunal calls for doing away with general permissions given to commercial entities to withdraw groundwater

New rules for coasts

Environment ministry notifies CRZ 2011. It has pro-builder bias, say fishers and activists

No pesticide check yet

Despite joint parliamentary committee’s concerns, pesticides remain unregulated, finds CSE study

Kolkata revokes earlier order, restricts cycling ban to 62 roads

On some roads in the ban list, restriction on cyclists will be only during day time

EPA approves controversial pesticide

Cheyyur power project: people to move court against MoEF panel approval

Activists say expert appraisal committee's clearance to proposed ultra mega power project based on false information furnished in EIA report

Cancel bauxite mining agreements in tribal area: Union tribal minister urges Andhra Pradesh governor

'Mining plans cause growth of extremism in the Scheduled tribal areas'

Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms: MoEF committee report

Report recommends reform of coastal zone regulations, establishment of environment restoration fund

China bans five pesticides

Demolition orders for Banyan Tree luxury resort

Seven-star deluxe villa resort was built on an islet in Vembanad backwaters, a Ramsar site, with full cooperation of state agencies

Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link on hold

National Green Tribunal orders not to begin construction on the basis of seven-year-old environment clearance

Contest for pesticide

Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament

Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states

Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement

RTI uncovers environment ministry flip-flop on Mulund-Thane SEZ

Officials obliged developer and reclassified coastal land to allow project

POSCO gets green signal

Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO

EU approves tougher regulations on pesticides

Unplanned urbanisation, encroachment blamed for Srinagar flood

Illegal structures had mushroomed on Jhelum’s banks and around lakes, clogging drainage channels

Breastfeeding week kicks off amid concerns over unlawful tactics by baby food companies

Health activists call for effective implementation of regulations that ban promotion of baby foods and feeding bottles for infants