Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
MoEF withdraws draft amendments to solid waste management rules
Activists say amendments involve use of expensive, regressive and untested technologies for waste disposal
Court stays proposed amendments to solid waste management rules
Petition before Karnataka High Court says amendments mooted by environment ministry are regressive, promote waste incineration
NGT orders continuous inspection of Okhla incinerator
Municipal authorities asked to implement segregation of municipal solid waste at source
Rajasthan pollution board issues directives on waste disposal a second time
Municipal bodies deny receiving them
Municipal solid waste rules amendments: MoEF asked to formulate new draft
Karnataka high court has directed ministry to consider all objections filed against the proposed amendments
Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: Jayanthi Natarajan
Activists, residents contest the statement; say India has no standards on emissions from incinerators