Commercial Mining: A Plan to Kill Hopes for a Sustainable Economy
On June 18, the government initiated the auction of 41 coal blocks that can produce 225 million tonnes of coal per year. Allowing 100% foreign...
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Assam floods and the untameable Brahmaputra
There has been incessant rainfall across Assam and North East and the river Brahmaputra and its tributaries are flowing above danger at several places submerging...
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India’s New EPR Draft That Ignore Ground Realities
What do you get, when you put a bunch of so-called consultants, NGOs, PRO’s, Brands & government officials on the committee to draft EPR (Extended...
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Sample Letter to the Environment Ministry on Draft EIA Notification 2020
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released its latest draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 recently. The notification determines a crucial aspect...
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Aarey in danger: SC gives nod to infra, building construction projects on 407 acres in Aarey
The ‘Save Aarey’ movement, one of the most prolonged battles fought by citizens to save the green spaces. Its been 5 years since Mumbaikars have...
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Assam Floods: The annual destruction of environment
With more than 50,000 people affected and 14 fatalities reported in 5 districts of the state, Assam has received the second wave of floods in...
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Hubli-Ankola Rail Project: An environmental disaster
The controversial Hubli-Ankola Rail Line has been thrust into the limelight recently due to its hasty approval by the Karnataka State Wildlife Board in March...
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Heatwaves, floods and cyclones: Here’s what India’s first climate change assessment report says
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has come out with India’s first Climate Change Assessment Report. The report titled “Assessment of Climate Change over the...
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We need to protect our forests now!
While the entire nation has been under lockdown, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) and the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL), our...
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Commercial mining of coal allowed to end government monopoly: Nirmala Sitharaman
Commercial mining of coal will be allowed to end government monopoly in the sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in the fourth set of announcements...
