Adani project in Mundra has violated environmental norms: MoEF committee report
Report recommends reform of coastal zone regulations, establishment of environment restoration fund
Demolition orders for Banyan Tree luxury resort
Seven-star deluxe villa resort was built on an islet in Vembanad backwaters, a Ramsar site, with full cooperation of state agencies
Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link on hold
National Green Tribunal orders not to begin construction on the basis of seven-year-old environment clearance
Contest for pesticide
Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament
Unplanned urbanisation, encroachment blamed for Srinagar flood
Illegal structures had mushroomed on Jhelum’s banks and around lakes, clogging drainage channels
Breastfeeding week kicks off amid concerns over unlawful tactics by baby food companies
Health activists call for effective implementation of regulations that ban promotion of baby foods and feeding bottles for infants
Production and sale of baby food to be monitored
Non-profits and two autonomous state agencies authorised to lodge complaints regarding violations. Will that be enough to bring violators to book?
River flood plains remain go zones
Environment ministry dithers on notification seeking to regulate construction activities in flood plains
Living on the edge
Coastal South Asia is fragile and vulnerable to climate change impacts. Yet, governments are setting up industries, ports and promoting tourism …
Discontinuous functions and environmental regulation
Environmental economics generally employs marginal logic. This is often useful for conceptual demonstrations even if not always literally …
Simply Put: The war we do not see
How to make invisible groundwater visible
Sustainable vision is key to balancing current needs and future demands
Simply put: Why pesticide
Punjab bans sale of toxic pesticides; CSE urges similar necessary action by the Centre
Calls for Central government to follow suit in the interest of public health
Diminishing effect
Is civil society suffering from ‘dependency syndrome’? Here is the way forward
Space of civil society in operating environment has gradually shrunk
In Court
Ministers spar over Navi Mumbai airport
Maharashtra coastal authority clears its EIA report
Pesticide Management Bill 2020: What could have made it better
The bill was introduced after much delay
CMZ dropped
Amendment without correction
Mines and minerals amendment bill falls short of meaningful reform
Sinking low
Road open for development
Tweak in Chennai landuse to sidestep coastal norms
Two-third of the world population lives in water-scarce areas
WaterAid report warns of the threats of growing water scarcity across the globe
‘Sewage treatment plant near Rushikulya will spell doom for Olive Ridleys’
The construction of the proposed plant will also violate Coastal Regulation Zone norms