Protests in Assam over CAA, draft EIA amid pandemic

Thousands of protestors hit the roads across Assam on Monday, demanding the repeal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification 2020. Assembled under......

Govt dismantling India's environment rules: Sonia

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the government of dismantling India's environment rules and demanded that the draft EIA 2020 be withdrawn immediately.   The......

HC quashes CRZ clearance to Rs 14000-cr Mumbai road project

The Bombay high court on Tuesday quashed the Coastal Regulation Zone clearances granted to the city civic body's ambitious Rs 14,000-crore coastal road project, saying there was "serious lacuna" in......

SC to hear two review petitions on interlinking rivers

The Supreme Court will hear two review petitions -- one by the Central Ground Water Authority and the other by 21 eminent citizens -- and decide on whether to issue notice and hear the same at......

Reimagining environmental governance won't be easy

Successive governments focused on altering the clearance processes but largely gave a pass to the second, and essential, element of environmental regulations for monitoring pollution levels and how......

Govt makes green norms easier for new coal block allottees

In a bid to expedite operations from the recently allocated coal mines, the Environment Ministry has allowed transfer of environment clearances granted to the previous allottees to new owners......

Tata, Birla, SAIL among 70 cos violating green norms: Shah Panel

Out of the 192 mining leases of iron and manganese ores in Odisha, 94 do not have environment clearance. Top firms such as SAIL, Tata Steel, Aditya Birla group's Essel Mining and Odisha Mining Corp......

Govt gives nod to projects worth Rs 74,000 crore

Giving a major push to infrastructure and energy sector, the government in the past two months has given nod to projects worth Rs 74,000 crore (Rs 760 billion) which were stuck for years due to......