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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...
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
Goa: Environmental groups call on political parties to protect generational resource inheritance
The GMM manifesto aims to protect natural resources and wealth for future generations in an economically beneficial manner
Goa Foundation reconsiders its stand on the mining auction announcement: Victory at last?
After initial celebrations, environmental action group takes a step back to consider the real benefits of the auctioning of mining leases
Dahanu locals reject JNPT survey that pushes for a new port at Vadhavan
Women, children, workers, adivasis, farmers, all gathered at the shores of Shankhodar beach to oppose the biodiversity survey by the JNPT
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