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How India’s Draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification impacts Environmental Rights

Smita Gupta and Sehaj Singh Cheema - 30th June 2020

Climate Change| Environmental Rights

The Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change released a draft Environmental Impact Assessment Notification, 2020 (hereinafter ‘the 2020 notification’) in March 2020. This will succeed the previous 2006 Notification, which constituted the regulatory framework for environmental impact assessments (EIA) in India. Far from being a step forward from its predecessor, the 2020 notification […]

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Gloucester Resources and Its Radical Implications for Indigenous Environmental Justice

Sakshi Aravind - 18th March 2019

Business & Resources & Environment & Development| Environmental Rights

The decision by New South Wales Land and Environment court, Australia, rejecting the appeal by Gloucester Resources for the proposed Rocky Hill coal mine in Hunter’s Valley, has gathered public interest for all the right reasons (Gloucester Resources v Minister of Planning “Gloucester Resources”). The decision emphasized the incompatibility between new coalmines and Australia’s obligations […]

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