Draft EIA 2020 will toll the death knell for Western Ghats, say experts
The EIA 2020 draft notification encourages further pollution with diluted regulations over industrial and development practices opine experts.
The EIA 2020 draft notification encourages further pollution with diluted regulations over industrial and development practices opine experts.
The new rules will allow polluting units to expand their operations and change their product mix without full scrutiny, say experts.
Anurag Mishra, Neha Mohanbabu, Krishna Anujan | Down to Earth
The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in widespread public concern
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With easier green clearance under the new EIA regime for dams and hydroelectric projects, experts fear mass inundation of forested areas.
Sayan Banerjee | Down to Earth India’s northeastern region — comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura — is a unique biodiversity hotspot. The region, however, faces many environmental problems. Successive Indian forest surveys in 2015, 2017 and 2019 reported net deforestation of 628, 630 andRead More
Sonali Huria | The Ecologist
India’s interminable quest for uranium rides roughshod over environmental and health concerns and democratic processes.
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