New Consumer Protection Bill promises a much wider scope

The establishment of the Central Consumer Protection Authority empowered to take action against defaulters is the most novel feature of the Bill

How clean is Delhi’s electricity? Not much, finds CSE study

A third of the Capital’s power is from coal-fired plants that don’t follow emission norms

Controls off for diesel generators

Key environmental clause deleted from rules governing diesel generator sets barely six months after implementation

Madras High Court clears way for Kudankulam nuclear plant

Accepts new consent order by pollution board on heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge

Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects

Construction work began without environmental clearance

It's not just a matter of FAC anymore

Chaos in reforms

The TSR Subramanian Committee report, meant to suggest environmental governance reforms, creates more confusion

Pollution Pvt. Ltd.

A polluting industrial unit in Gujarat continues to operate, despite the state Pollution Control Board issuing notices to shut it down

Holistic approach

Civil society and all government agencies are responsible for sustainable development

Nirma plant in trouble again

Environment ministry says project site a wetland

Serious inquiry

Environment ministry categorises offences relating to environmental clearances

Environmental crimes: India may take upto 33 yrs to clear case backlog, says report

By the end of 2018, the number of cases pending trial climbed to 48,238

DOCTORS IN THE DOCK

DTE coverage on Western Ghats

National Education Policy 2020: What is needed is a new kind of thinking

New educational institutions will not thrive in an old culture. They need an environment of trust and freedom

Environment ministry’s desperate attempts to suppress expert panel report on Western Ghats

Defies Information Commission’s order and obtains stay from Delhi High Court to keep the report out of public domain

Pune police to crack down on noise on New Year’s Eve

Green tribunal orders confiscation of cars fitted with unauthorised DJ systems to check noise pollution

CSE volunteer barred from filming public hearing for Ultratech cement plant

He was detained and his cassette was snatched away at company's behest

The inviolate plot

New parameters for identifying pristine forests may make them more vulnerable

Consumer forum stays water privatisation in Khandwa

Town's municipal body asked to first address objections filed by residents

Lavasa above law

Lavasa continues to bypass norms. But the environment ministry may give clearance to the the maiden planned hill city in India, Sakshi C Dasgupta …

Regulating small-scale mines below 5 ha

Will National Green Tribunal's restraint order curb haphazard and unscientific mining of minor minerals that includes sand?

River flood plains remain go zones

Environment ministry dithers on notification seeking to regulate construction activities in flood plains

Chaos in the iron age

After iron ore plunder in Bellary and Goa comes a Supreme Court order that adds confusion to chaos

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 29-July 3, 2020)

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