Bureaucracy on the beach

More hurdles for Navi Mumbai airport

EAC to visit the site in third week of October

Playing with sea

Flouting laws, over 90 hotels have mushroomed on what once was a pristine beach in West Bengal

Will Adani ever pay for the destruction at Mundra?

The environment ministry says it cannot impose a fine but the company is not let off the hook. Lawyers say it can approach NGT

Backdoor democracy

Central directives on coastal zones could be used to circumvent rules

Ready to taxi

How technology is helping Indian, Sri Lankan fishermen amid climate change patterns

Numer 8, an analytics company in India, is helping fishermen practice sustainable and safe fishing 

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (March 1-8)

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

Near ready for take-off

Environment ministry panel clears Navi Mumbai airport; hotel and golf course put on hold

Political symptoms

The word is management

A divided house

Green alert in Navi Mumbai

Mumbai’s second sea link unlikely

Coastal road could be built to link Worli to Haji Ali

Nowhere to nest

Olive Ridleys jostle for space at the shrinking Gahirmatha beach in Odisha

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …

The CMZ notification

Let’s talk

On February 24, Centre for Science and Environment raised the curtains for the Anil Agarwal Dialogues on green clearances. The two-day conclave …

POSCO review body divided

Members differ on steel giant’s compliance with regulations

Virtual coast guard

Non-profits develop web application to monitor haphazard development along Indian coastline

Adani port under scrutiny

Jayanthi Natarajan agrees to inspection of the project for environmental violations

India’s coasts in danger, finds Parliamentary panel: MoEF&CC depended on World Bank funds, facing massive cuts

National Coastal Mission budget cut from Rs 723 crore in proposal to just Rs 12.50 crore in allocation

New rules for coasts

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

Letters

Centre's public relations exercise to clear way for Kudankulam nuclear plant

Sets up expert panel to explain various aspects of the project to residents