Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 2, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
High court concerned over illegal sand mining in UP in wake of IAS officer's suspension
But declines to stay suspension of Greater Noida SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal who challenged the sand mafia
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 19, 2023)
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 15-19)
Beijing creating ‘great wall of sand’ in South China Sea: US Navy
China has created a 4 sq km artificial landmass in disputed waters by pouring sand over coral reefs, says commander of US Pacific fleet
Carting away sand
Labourers illegally mine beach sand in Ratnagiri, removing the buffer between ocean and human habitat
Concrete without sand?
The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand
MoEF clears mining in 36 new sand reaches in Andhra
Move effectively overrules high court stay; approved sand reaches fall in districts acutely affected by overexploitation of river sand
Jharkhand chief minister restores power of panchayats over sand mining
Decision follows meeting with coalition partners who threatened to withdraw support
Legalise sand mining in Mysore, MP tells government
The demand was made at a meeting of the environment ministry to discuss issues related to the protection of the Western Ghats
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2022)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2022)
How sand mining along the Narmada is choking web of life
Mining has altered the landscape, river flow, water availability and sand deposit patterns; rivers have dried up, farming has become difficult&…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 18, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 14, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 13, 2020)
No sand mining without environment clearance: NGT
Green tribunal reiterates apex court order in the wake of controversy over suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal
This sand battery could be a solution for Europe’s energy crisis
A new technology is keeping a Finland town warm with renewable energy
Environmental clearance for small riverbed sand mining projects lifted
The decision is against the earlier orders of National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 21, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Mining Act does not bar police from prosecuting people found removing sand illegally, rules SC
Apex court expresses serious concern over damage to the environment and water sources caused by indiscriminate sand mining
Sand seized by Durga Shakti stolen from district collectorate's custody
Illegally mined sand worth Rs 8 crore had been seized from a close aide of Samajwadi Party bigwig Narendra Bhati; Green Tribunal directs night …
Green tribunal halts sand mining in coastal Maharashtra
Gujarat and Goa told to instruct police stations in the coastal areas to take immediate steps to stop illegal sand mining in areas which fall …
Single shot cure for kala-azar launched in Bihar
State alone contributes to nearly 80 percent of kala-azar cases in the country
Environmental issues figured nowhere in Uttarakhand elections
Around 170 hydropower and a number of sand mining projects in the pipeline or underway