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Why Supreme Court struck down the Centre’s orders on retrospective environmental clearances

May 20, 2025 12:02 pm

The SC bench rapped the Centre for issuing orders “to protect those who have caused harm to the environment”. What was the court’s rationale?

IIT climate assessment report flags flood, drought risk in 11 Bihar, Kerala, Odisha districts

December 14, 2024 4:20 pm

According to the report titled "District-Level Climate Risk Assessment for India: Mapping Flood and Drought Risks Using IPCC Framework", 51 districts in India face "very high" flood risk, with 118 more categorised as "high" risk.

Environment Ministry to Delhi HC: Not legally required to translate EIA draft

September 07, 2020 2:14 am

The last date for filing objections and suggestions to the draft was August 11, by which time the ministry received 19.8 lakh responses.

Centre moves HC for review of its direction to publish draft EIA in 22 languages

September 04, 2020 6:13 pm

The Environment ministry has contended that notifications or draft notifications and other official documents are required to be issued only in Hindi and English and there is no mandate in law to issue them in any other vernacular or local languages.

Baghjan blowout: First phase of final ops to cap oilfield successful

August 18, 2020 12:00 pm

The OIL statement added that data collection at the site has been completed for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study by various agencies.

Green and red

August 12, 2020 12:14 am

Environment ministry must heed criticisms of draft EIA, do justice to process of public consultation.

Explained Ideas: What ails with the draft EIA notification 2020?

August 12, 2020 12:52 pm

Draft EIA Notification 2020 dilutes environmental protections and is in denial of ecological crises, writes Shibani Ghosh.

Draft EIA notification dilutes environmental protections, is in denial of ecological crises

August 11, 2020 10:02 am

The environment ministry needs to be clear about its role — its mandate is to create and sustain a regulatory framework that prevents the plunder of our natural resources, not actively accelerate the pace of environmental devastation.

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