Turbulence ahead
Green clearance issue solved, Navi Mumbai airport project now faces opposition from people
Clearance rush
Environment ministry clears projects, even those rejected earlier, at an unprecedented rate
Experts without expertise
National Green Tribunal disapproves appointment of people without relevant experience to expert appraisal committees, asks environment ministry …
‘MoEF violated Supreme Court order’
Ministry’s own panel says it should not have given clearances to two Uttarakhand projects
Why draft EIA 2020 needs a revaluation
The point of contention in the draft Environment Impact Assessment is post-facto clearance and less public participation with affected …
Ministry in a hurry
MoEF agrees to ridiculously small eco-sensitive zones to help projects bypass wildlife clearance
Mining sans social consent
Andhra Pradesh coal firm’s plan to convert underground mine to open cast will affect people of eight villages
Adanis’ game plan for Mundra ship-breaking yard
Analysis by Centre for Science and Environment shows the company has been pushing the recycling facility by concealing it under a waterfront …
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?
Who is monitoring Lavasa?
Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …
Coal quandary
In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …
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
Chinese suplex
As China plays smart games in the business of rare earths, India braces itself to enter the fray
Simply Put: Environment and development
Plenty of Permits
Thermal power plants must assess health impact for green clearance
Environment ministry notification mandates bi-annual health check-ups for workers
Remembering Vimal Bhai: The environmental activist, social justice warrior and an inspiration
Bhai was crucial in bringing institutional changes in environmentalism in India
Costly push to mega projects
Cabinet Committee for Investment may dilute environmental and forest clearances
Investment trick
How ecologically damaging projects are perpetuating a fallacy
Nuclear utility grabs land
Public sector NPCIL encroaches upon mango plantations near its Ratnagiri plant
NHPC cornered over Subansiri
Reports pick apart NHPC’s hydel project in Assam, call for design overhaul
Coal mine expansion made easy
One-time capacity expansion does not require public hearing, says environment ministry
Smaller eco zone irks ministry
Central Empowered Committee wants to reduce eco-sensitive zones around protected areas
Irongate opened
Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron