EIA Watch

Ex-post facto green clearance contravenes environmental jurisprudence: Supreme Court of India

“The grant of ex post facto environmental clearance would be detrimental to the environment and could lead to irreparable degradation of the environment. The concept of an ex post facto or a retrospective EC is completely alien to environmental jurisprudence including EIA 1994 and EIA 2006.”

Supreme Court judgement, April 2020

Interview: EIA 2020 undermines India’s environmental protection regime

Bibek Bhattacharya | The Mint

The new draft Environment Impact Assessment notification will limit the principle of public participation in environmental clearances, warns conservation biologist Neha Sinha.

Why India’s new EIA 2020 draft is deeply problematic

Why India’s new EIA 2020 draft is deeply problematic

‘Strategic’ nuclear plants may no longer require green clearance

The government is looking to free up the environmental clearance process for strategic nuclear power projects from the purview of the union environment ministry in view of the high confidentiality and national security interests involved.

Ex-post facto green clearance contravenes environmental jurisprudence: Supreme Court of India

“The grant of ex post facto environmental clearance would be detrimental to the environment and could lead to irreparable degradation of the environment. The concept of an ex post facto or a retrospective EC is completely alien to environmental jurisprudence including EIA 1994 and EIA 2006.”

Supreme Court judgement, April 2020

Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk

Picture Credit: Imperial College London

Research led by ZSL and Imperial College London warns that more than 50 billion years of unique evolutionary history is at risk.

Waste-to-Energy project expansion in the Aravallis and a farcical public hearing

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar | The Wire Science New Delhi: A number of environmental groups have raised objections to the Haryana Government’s push to a waste-to-energy (WTE) project at the Bandhwari landfill site in the Gurugram Aravalli. While questioning the need to expand the project from 15 MW to 25 MWRead More

India’s interminable quest for uranium

Sonali Huria | The Ecologist

India’s interminable quest for uranium rides roughshod over environmental and health concerns and democratic processes.

Nuking Narmada: Uprooting lives and compounding climate crisis impacts

Kumar Sundaram | The Ecologist

The building of the proposed Chutka nuclear plant in the tribal-dominated Mandla district in central India will mean the local population will be displaced – for the second time. It will also contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions. Faced with injustice and threats to their safety and livelihoods, villagers have started a two-month long campaign.

EIA 2020 may spell ecological disaster in Meghalaya

Kenny L. Khongsdier | Syllad.com In a time when the citizens of Meghalaya are plagued with the repercussions of climate change such as floods, landslides, loss of life and a pandemic while still trying to make ends meet for their family – the central government has decided to release theRead More

Billions of years of evolutionary history, including of Western Ghats at risk

Picture Credit: Imperial College London

Research led by ZSL and Imperial College London warns that more than 50 billion years of unique evolutionary history is at risk.

Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 1994

Text of the EIA 1994 Notification, Government of India

Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2006

Text of the EIA 2006 Notification, Government of India

‘Strategic’ nuclear plants may no longer require green clearance

The government is looking to free up the environmental clearance process for strategic nuclear power projects from the purview of the union environment ministry in view of the high confidentiality and national security interests involved.