Jharkhand protests: land acquisition amendments set aside important safeguards

Progressive provisions like social impact assessment and consent of the affected people are being ignored

Finally, some clarity on environmental regulations for rooftop solar PV systems

A new rooftop solar programme makes the Environment and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) mandatory for all proposed projects

‘EIAs of mining projects have become a farce’

Christopher Albin-Lackey, senior researcher with New York-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has documented the large-scale environmental …

DTE Impact: 70-year-old supporting mentally-ill daughter, disabled son-in-law to get her dream cowshed

District collector sanctions Rs 2 lakh, plot of land on lease for family among other benefits

G8 report calls for easing of government regulations to boost ‘impact investing’

G8’s special task force stresses the need for investment by impact-driven commercial organisations to aid social development programmes in …

Africa: How climate change turned two of the world’s oldest tribes into enemies

Shrinking of the world's largest desert lake has triggered a survival battle among nomadic tribes in the Kenyan-Ethiopian border

Will land Bill cross Rajya Sabha hurdle?

Narendra Modi government accuses rival parties of opposing amendments in the land acquisition law for the sake of opposition

IFC erred in funding Tata Mundra power project, says its compliance advisor ombudsman

World Bank, IFC dismiss report findings of their own watchdog body

Supreme Court questions viability of river linking project

Directs Centre to submit detailed report on project cost and land acquisition