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Say No to ‘Toxic Governance’: Arrest air pollution, not activists and protesters: NACEJ

The Delhi NCR Pollution crisis needs firm, well-implemented policy shifts and institutional action against prime causes of pollution, not citizens: Restore Fundamental Right to Breathe, says a nationwide alliance dedicated to the battle for a cleaner environment and against climate change.

Centre’s new policies violate the National Mineral Policy 2019: Goa Foundation

The group asked the state to act against the new policies that allow the Centre to sell off minerals, ignoring India’s federal structure, and usurp a state’s power to grant mining leases

Punished the Glacier

A satirical piece in wake of the Uttarakhand tragedy, examining how blame is assigned, even in cases of natural disasters

Around 170 still missing in the tragedy in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli

14 people were killed, after a  glacier break at Joshimath triggered massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers

Stop mindless concretisation ‘projects’ in Uttarakhand

A look at how unplanned and unchecked development wreaks havoc on the region’s fragile ecology

Why did J. Sanjiv Khanna dissent from the Central Vista majority judgment?

While the top court upheld the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, the decision was split 2:1 with Justice Khanna giving his distinct and separate opinion

EXCLUSIVE! River erosion washes away over 35 percent of Assam’s agricultural land

Erosion of land has been a key reason for migration, and therefore a major factor affecting the citizenship issue in Assam

Equity to be maintained between industrialisation and ecosystem: Orissa HC

The court noted that although development is necessary for enhanced revenue, it cannot be at the cost of human beings

Gujarat’s environmental group demands cancellation of GPCL’s environmental clearance

The NGO expressed anger at the company’s lax attitude towards past tragedies that put local village-life in danger

Maharashtra’s fishing community fights to protect its ‘golden belt’ coast

Fearing a fate worse than Maharashtra’s southern sea-coast, Dahanu fishing communities demand suspension of Vadhavan port project

Central Vista Project: SC bars Centre from construction, allows paperwork and foundation stone ceremony

SG Tushar Mehta undertook that no construction, demolition or cutting of trees will be carried out

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