Padma Shri awardees include 12 farmers

Out of the 94 Padma Shri awardees, 12 farmers have been awarded for various activities like organic farming, traditional seed conservation and …

Court reins in Goa coast violations

Panchayats pulled up for inaction

Bombay High Court orders demolition of Adarsh Society

The HC has stayed the order for 12 weeks, giving time to the Maharashtra government to appeal in the Supreme Court

New CRZ rules clear coast for realtors, may trigger disaster

The government put the Indian coastline at risk by not hearing stakeholders and deciding to open it for real estate industry

Fishers reject new coastal rules

CRZ, 2010 fails to protect coasts; rights of fishers  

EIA notification 2020 delayed till September 7

A petition had been filed in court, asking the notification be translated in all 22 regional languages of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution

Ease of doing business comes at an environmental cost

India has seen a historic jump in ease of doing business this year, but dilution of legislation to facilitate business will hurt the environment 

New coastal rules draft made public

Fishers say proposed CRZ notification does not recognize their rights

NDA government further eases environment clearances for projects

Environment impact assessment notification amended to allow state authorities to clear more projects

Backdoor democracy

Central directives on coastal zones could be used to circumvent rules

Cauvery dispute: Karnataka delegation urges prime minister not to notify tribunal award

State delegation demands reassessment of water needs of Tamil Nadu

Clearance based on false claims

Panel confirms Sompeta and Bhavanapadu thermal project sites are wetlands

Ready to taxi

Push for sand mining

New Maharashtra policy ignores resident’s concerns, law

Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects

Construction work began without environmental clearance

Coastal management rules under review

Green clearances not required for new coal mine leaseholders

Environment ministry transfers environment clearances of previous leaseholders to new allottees

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 5, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

The word is management

Green tribunal directs environment ministry not to appoint inexperienced persons in expert panels

NGOs, activists allege unqualified persons are being appointed to bodies that advise government on environment and social impacts of projects

Green tribunal suspends environment clearance of Scania sponge iron plant in Raigarh

Environment ministry granted clearance even though mandatory public consultations were not held

A divided house

Bid to denotify Nag river's upper reaches stalled

State environment ministry rejects proposal of state pollution control board that would have paved way for real estate development

What it means to have a crisis: Understanding labour law relaxations in India and global trends

We may move towards a decision that pushes industrial production at the cost of our environment and the relaxation of environmental laws  

Fishers at bay

When it was introduced in 1991, Coastal Regulation Zone was a blanket notification to protect India's coast and fisherfolk. In 17 years, it was …