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Seema Sharma
Tamil Nadu: Protest Rages Against Reducing ESZ Area of Pulicat Bird Sanctuary
02 Apr 2021
Local fishermen and environmentalists in Tamil Nadu are opposing the state government’s proposal to reduce the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the Pulicat Bird Sanctuary from 10 kms to 500 meters.
Ayaskant Das
Locals’ Issues Ignored in Clearance to New International Airport in Andhra Pradesh?
18 Mar 2021
Fertile agricultural land was allegedly acquired in an unfair manner for the Bhogapuram International Airport near Visakhapatnam.
Ayaskant Das
Is Modi Government Planning on Selling State Govt. Owned Mineral Resources to Corporates?
17 Feb 2021
A draft notification by the Ministry of Mines says mineral blocks not auctioned by state governments can be auctioned by the Centre.
Ayaskant Das
NITI Aayog Studying How Judges Can Help Economics Beat Environmental Concerns
13 Feb 2021
The government think-tank has commissioned a study to examine the “unintended economic consequences” of certain verdicts in order to review “if the objective of the judicial decision was (has been)…
Ayaskant Das
Odisha Govt Spares Mining Mafia, But Imposes Environment Damages on Truckers
24 Oct 2020
It's an attempt to hoodwink the Tribunal, says an angry NGT
Sumedha Pal
Public Hearings on Zoom App: Farmers’ Rights Trampled Down
25 Aug 2020
While the NGT has directed the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to conduct public hearings in compliance with the norms, farmers’ rights stand to be compromised.
Ayaskant Das
Did Modi Govt Tweak Green Laws to Allow Oil and Gas Exploration in Assam’s Rainforests?
19 Aug 2020
The OIL has proposed in its project report that hydrocarbons will be extracted by drilling seven wells beneath the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park using the modern state-of-the-art technology called ‘…
Sumedha Pal
Coastal Regulation: Modi Government's Overlooking of Suggestions has had Tangible Consequences
13 Aug 2020
With commercial projects ensuing on coastal clearances given by the government, Mumbai is currently witnessing flooding in areas which were never inundated earlier.
Newsclick Team
'EIA 2020 Is Disastrous'
07 Aug 2020
Around 75 youth groups and hundreds of individuals have endorsed a letter to the central government raising concerns over the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA 2020) notification.
Bharat Patel, Jayendrasinh Ker, Sampada Nayak
Public Hearings During COVID-19, the Gujarat Way
27 Jul 2020
A fourth hearing regarding an environmental clearance for an oil refinery in Gujarat has been scheduled for a month from now. The state has already crossed the 50,000 mark in COVID-19 cases.