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Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)’s notification on July 11, 2025, relaxing the 2015 mandate for Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) systems in coal-based thermal power plants...
Proposed K-Rail project to wreck Kerala’s fragile ecology
EIA report full of holes, gov’t pushing project through without answering key questions about land acquisition, rehabilitation and deforestation
Manipur HC reaffirms stay on development projects around Loktak Lake
The court directed authorities to address the deficiencies in the Integrated Management Plan for Loktak lake, including the lack of a “Brief Document” as required by the Wetland Rules, 2017
Birbhum: Adivasis opposing coal mining project get support from SKM
Farmers should not be forced to give up farmlands for the sake of mining industry, says SKM
Odisha’s JSW project could cause 94 deaths a year: CREA report
The report takes a close look at the health impact of the development project while highlighting missing data in the original EIA
Environmentalist demand withdrawal of changes to Biological Diversity Act
Drawing parallels with the 2020 EIA notification, the CEJI claims the amendments ignore the federal system of the country for corporate benefit
Coastal road project: Over 50 academics bat for fisherfolk
Concerned citizens fishermen's longstanding demands in a letter to state authorities
Dhinkia: A story of perseverance against administrative oppression
Faced with continuous conflicts, villagers remind authorities of their forest and legal rights
Maharashtra: Nine activists arrested for protesting mining activity
Gadchiroli police charge nine peaceful protesters for violating prohibitory orders
IMF and other global bodies now pushing for better accounting of mineral wealth by governments
After nearly five years of sustained advocacy, organisations succeed in drawing the IMF’s attention towards government mismanagement of natural resource wealth
Palghar Adivasis decry ecologically-dangerous infrastructural projects
Tribals demanded that the state government invest in strengthening existing infrastructure rather than building new modes of transport
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