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Mass Deforestation, Protests, Detentions: Supreme Court halts Telangana’s reckless tree felling at Kancha Gachibowli, questions permissions
Public anger mounts as Telangana authorities bulldoze through Kancha Gachibowli’s tree cover, allegedly violating environmental norms and suppressing protests with detentions and police crackdowns; scrutiny by HC and SC to continue
Billionaire emits million times more greenhouse gases than average person: Oxfam
Oxfam also called for steeply higher tax rates for investments in polluting industries
Delhi: Order Issued to Halt Construction Work at BJP HQ; Agency Fined Rs 5 Lakh
Larsen & Toubro was fined for violating the ban on construction and demolition work imposed in view of worsening air quality
Thousands of Mining-Affected Families in Jharkhand’s Jharia Await Resettlement
The Jharia Master Plan completed its 12-year tenure in August 2021, during which roughly 2,700 families were relocated from vulnerable areas.
A path towards combined protection of the environment and workers’ livelihoods
Workers need compensation and reparation for the unemployment caused by environment regulations
Pollution Control Norms for Coal-Fired Power Plants Relaxed Despite Modi’s Commitment to Environment
In a notification issued on September 5, MOEFCC extends deadlines set upon thermal power plants to reduce emission of sulphurous oxides.
Bengal: ‘Sagar Mela Project, Blue Revolution Leading to Victimisation of Fisherfolk’
At an all- India convention in Sunderbans, the fishing community said privatisation of ports, entry of foreign trawlers and big capital had hit their livelihood badly.
Opposition to the Vizhinjam Port Project must be seen in the wider context of protecting coastal ecology and communities
A proper evaluation of the mammoth project is also necessary given the increase in cyclones and other climate change related disasters that have been increasingly striking the region
Protest in ‘Struggle To Save Aarey ‘ in Mumbai
On 21st August, A protest demonstration was staged at Picnichen...
SC forbids Mumbai Metro from cutting trees in Aarey colony
Matter to be heard on August 30 as counsel for the Maharashtra government sought time to collate documents
Himachal Pradesh’s vulnerability to Floods and Landslides increasing
There is an urgent need for more ecologically protective policies instead of mindless development projects that eventually end up threatening people’s lives
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