Draft EIA 2020 undercuts India’s biodiversity and climate goals

The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in …

Draft EIA: SC rejects Centre challenge to Delhi HC translation order

The high court heard a petition asking the Centre to print the draft EIA notification in 22 languages mentioned in the Eight Schedule of the …

Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline

Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become …

Draft EIA 2020 notification: Moving beyond technical jargon

It is crucial to envision the EIA as anticipatory, participatory and systematic in nature and a process that relies on multidisciplinary input, …

Whose EIA draft is it anyway — people or project proponents?

The draft Environmental Impact Assessment reflects technocratic language, as it makes public consultation a tertiary issue and focuses on …

EIA notification 2020 in violation of FRA: Activists write to MoEF&CC

The provisions would adversely affect rights of forest dwellers and their right to minor forest produce 

Draft EIA 2020: How it may impact North East

The region, with eight per cent of India’s total geographical area, has 25 per cent of India’s forest cover

Environmental Impact Assessment: Why the govt needs to re-think its latest draft

The current EIA draft has severely diluted environmental protection, adding to the degradation of the environment; it can become an …

Wildlife during a pandemic: The other side of the coin

Instances of wild animals entering urban landscapes were reported the world over. But was everything about the lockdown hunky-dory for them?

Lessons from a pandemic: Urgency for climate action

Much like the claimed behaviour of an ostrich burying its head underground in the face of risk, we demonstrate our capacity to ignore risks like …