Joshimath sinking: National highway construction in 100-km range of border now has riders
Environment ministry issues new SOP for national highways earlier exempt from environmental clearance
Costly push to mega projects
Cabinet Committee for Investment may dilute environmental and forest clearances
Chaos in reforms
The TSR Subramanian Committee report, meant to suggest environmental governance reforms, creates more confusion
Investment trick
How ecologically damaging projects are perpetuating a fallacy
Coastal area projects got Centre’s nod without proper environmental impact assessment, finds CAG
Projects used outdated baseline data for green assessment, no environmental impact evaluation
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
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
India Inc’s new bogey
Industry raises the decibel against green clearances
Licence to mine
Supreme Court allows conditional resumption of iron ore mining in Goa
Deaf to nuclear plant protests
Government tries to begin work on the 1,400 MW plant in Madhya Pradesh
Drowned in power
Hydropower plants in Himachal Pradesh sell electricity at a loss due to lack of buyers
Breaking the impasse of 2013
MoEF directed to reassess Pipavav port expansion project
National Green Tribunal reprimands environment ministry for casual evaluation
Desperate for dam
Government skews facts to plan a project in Rajasthan that will displace 100,000 people
Experts without expertise
National Green Tribunal disapproves appointment of people without relevant experience to expert appraisal committees, asks environment ministry …
Need or greed?
The Union Ministry of Finance has recently alleged that green clearances are holding up the country’s infrastructure development and growth.…
Bully among birds
A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms
‘MoEF violated Supreme Court order’
Ministry’s own panel says it should not have given clearances to two Uttarakhand projects
Call the monitor
The MoEF-NHAI roadblock
Two Central government arms fight over de-linking of forest, environment clearances