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Prioritise ecological security of country over “false narrative” of “highway development”: CCG to Govt & Courts

Former bureaucrats protest the “steady lowering of statutory safeguards for protecting India’s Environment and Forests” in an open letter to the government; both government and the judiciary need to prioritise the ecological security of our country and the health and life of its citizens over the false narrative of more roads, more buildings, more townships, more mines, more industries, more destruction of the natural world that is currently seen as progress.

Is Adani enterprises illegally acquiring land for coal mining in Chhattisgarh?

Sarguja district collector deployed a team which reported that Adani Enterprises acquired land allotted to farmers under the Forest Rights Act

Sterlite plant to remain shut; Madras HC dismisses petition

“Shocking and sad day for India,” says Vedanta CEO, will challenge the judgment in court

Malicious advertorial in Business Standard irks activists, paper probes accountability

The advertorial by CCFI mentioned names of many environmentalists who had spoken about pesticides and made libelous remarks about them

Draft EIA: K’taka HC extends date for filing objections, restrains Centre from releasing final notification

The court questioned the Centre on why the notification was not published in regional languages

Env group asks Guj gov’t about land acquisition for bullet train project 

The Vadodara based group has been following the project developments, and deems it necessary to increase public spending rather than investing in such projects

Unmindful mining will bring permanent pandemic

A closer look at the allocation of the country’s natural resources to crony corporates during the Covid-19 lockdown

Climate activism website, Fridays for Future India, restored!

The website had been allegedly blocked by the GOI and been served a notice by the Delhi Cyber Crime Unit which cited anti-terror law UAPA

Another explosion at Baghjan oil well injures three foreign experts

The explosion reportedly took place while the Baghjan oil well capping operations were underway

Floods wreak havoc on 31 out of 33 districts in Assam

Over 25 lakh people displaced, standing crop destroyed, over 3,000 villages affected

Did Labour Ministry delete its paper on Gov’t ban on asbestos mining and use? 

Paper was presented at India-EU Seminar 2011, but asbestos still used for for making Amphan, Covid-19 shelters, says Toxics Watch Alliance

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