The 10-tonne waste incinerator in Manali, Chennai, has been operating since 2019 without permission from the TNPCB and has also been dumping ash containing harmful heavy metals. The Southern Bench of the National Green...
While IFC’s withdrawal is welcome, civil society urges the Bank to stop funding WTE projects and move towards zero-waste solutions instead. On 17 February, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector...
While governments and corporations focus on ‘techno-fixes’ and individual-centric sustainability practices
President Donald Trump’s suspension of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could impact allegations against Indian tycoon Gautam Adani regarding a solar project bribery scheme. This highlights vulnerabilities in India’s solar sector, struggling with financial...
A writ petition contests the Sikkim government’s decision to disinvest its stake in the public sector company that was operating the Teesta III dam. The petition raises allegations of wrongful financial gain by the...
Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the producers and users of plastic – petrochemicals companies, plastic producers, and FMCG companies – who choose to make...
TNM hit the ground in Chennai and found the existing small-capacity waste incinerators in the city to be damaging the environment, raising concerns over public health. The Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) proposal for a...
It is rather amusing that in today’s context, when the winds seem to be changing directions and there are talks of higher tariff walls and protectionist moves, the prescription remains the same – more...
The budget this year has been touted as a middle class friendly budget. The proposal of no income tax for those with yearly income up to 12 lakh rupees was celebrated across news rooms...
The Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) has submitted a comprehensive set of recommendations to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change regarding the Draft Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2024. AIW, a...
As expected, the budget for the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) – a crucial centrally-sponsored social security scheme that provides non-contributory pensions to the most marginalised populations including the elderly, widows, and persons with...
Tax authorities claimed that journalism did not serve a public purpose, said the platform. The Reporters’ Collective, an investigative news platform, on Tuesday stated that the Income Tax Department had cancelled its non-profit status....
With 14 million Indians estimated to be displaced by climate change and environmental crises, a number expected to exceed 45 million over the next 25 years, climate-induced displacement and migration is a blindspot in...
உலக வங்கியின் நிதியுதவியுடன், ‘ரூ.1,675 கோடி செலவில் அடுத்த ஐந்து ஆண்டுகளில், ‘தமிழக நெய்தல் மீட்சி இயக்கம் (Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission)’ செயல்படுத்தப்படும்’ என்று 2023இல் அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. இந்தத் திட்டமானது கடலோர உயிர்ப் பன்மை மேம்பாடு, சூழலியல் பாதுகாப்பு, வாழ்க்கைத்தர மேம்பாடு, ஞெகிழிப் பயன்பாட்டைக்...
Budget 2025: What’s at Stake?, a series co-produced by The Wire and Centre for Financial Accountability Episode 1The Economic Rights Every Indian Should Have | Prabhat Patnaik (Senior Economist) Episode 2Budget 2025 Needs to...
