Polavaram project: Public hearings remain distant dream as Centre, states play blame game
On December 3, the Centre backtracked on its submission to appoint an independent agency to hold public hearings in Odisha and Chhatisgarh
From RTI to dam safety, highly contested Bills to be tabled in Parliament’s monsoon session
A slew of crucial Bills are likely to be tabled in the session, which will have only 18 working days
Bundelkhand's bravehearts
For villages that survived recurring droughts, the economic-ecological connection makes more sense
Rainwater rights
The government- NGO friction at Lava ka Baas has opened a Pandora's box water ownership, archaic laws and hopeful communities that want to hold …
Too much rain, dams & South Bengal floods: Is it really man-made as Mamata complains
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee blames “unprecedented” release from DVC dams, critises Centre
Changes in pattern of water releases from dams can help restore aquatic diversity
A new study shows how dams can be strategically operated to restore lost ecological functions
World’s first carbon capture coal plant opens in Canada
It aims to make coal ‘a viable technical, environmental and economic case for continued use’. But should that be an aim?
NASA images show flood water spilling from Yangtze river dams
Water was seen moving through the gates of the Three Gorges Dam to the smaller Gezhouba Dam, around 26 kilometres southeast
Amicus curiae flags sudden discharge from dams, lack of forecasting for Kerala floods
All 79 Kerala dams were geared up for power generation, irrigation; not controlling flood: report
Bihar fast-tracks nuclear power plant
Project back on track after state water resources department assures water availability from Phulwaria dam reservoir
Green Tribunal clears way for Renuka dam, partially
Vacates stay on payment of compensation to project-affected people in Himachal Pradesh; stay on forestland diversion continues for now
Madhya Pradesh govt cancels all Maheshwar Hydroelectric contracts
Contract awarded projector Rs 42,000 crore of public money in 35 years even if no electricity purchased
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 14, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Power struggle
Nepal's controversial Arun III dam becomes the first World Bank-bankrolled project taken up for re-scrutiny by the Bank's new Inspection Panel …
With elections over, Dibang hydro project powers on in Arunachal Pradesh
Voters feel BJP has backtracked on poll promise of addressing their concerns about the impact of big dams
Egypt and Ethiopia are finally working on a water deal — what that means for other Nile River states
Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which started filling up in July 2020
Odisha worries over safety of dams in way of Hudhud
Officials try to figure out how to drain water from the dam reservoirs before heavy rains begin Sunday morning
A radical new order for living well
India is not in synch with G77's new declaration for development that is in harmony with nature and inclusive for all its peoples
Big dams stage a comeback as concerns over climate change grow
Fund flow for hydropower projects increases in the name of combating climate change but what about social and environmental safeguards?
Dam in check
In an atmosphere of deepening mistrust on the India-Nepal border, Bihar farmers find it difficult to build check dam
Madhya Pradesh government cracks down on Indira Sagar dam oustees
They were staging jal satyagraha to demand land compensation and reduction in reservoir water level
Jal Satyagraha forces Madhya Pradesh government to relent
People affected by Omkareshwar dam to get land in lieu of land; water level of reservoir reduced
Athirappally power project isn’t ecologically feasible: MK Prasad
Silent Valley movement architect MK Prasad speaks on why the recently-cleared Kerala project should not be pursued
CAG reports once again flag inconsistencies in central irrigation programme
CAG indicts government for including irrigation projects and schemes under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme, resulting in irregular …
Guatemala’s green project turns killer
Protests against the Santa Rita dam has left six indigenous people dead, including two children