India’s largest power producer wants nitrous oxide emission norms for coal plants relaxed

The current emission limit applicable to most Indian plants is five times higher than that in China.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Jan 20, 2020 · 01:30 pm

India is the fifth most vulnerable country to effects of climate change, says new report

In 2018, India saw extreme weather conditions, causing economic losses of Rs 2.7 lakh crore – nearly as much as its defence budget.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 07, 2019 · 09:30 pm

No stay order on Aarey metro depot project, interim order against tree felling to continue, says SC

The stay on tree felling will continue till November 15, when the court will again hear the case.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 21, 2019 · 05:32 pm

Maoists, missionaries and mullahs?: Meet the Mumbaikars arrested for protesting Aarey tree cutting

A diverse group of ordinary people was charged with criminal activity for objecting to tree cutting in a forested area. Now they want answers.

Aarefa Johari

· Oct 11, 2019 · 08:32 am

Aarey: Mumbai Metro says 2,141 trees have been cut so far

Mumbai Metro Line 3 also tweeted that it respects the Supreme Court order staying the felling of trees.

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· Oct 07, 2019 · 08:25 pm

Mumbai: Opposition welcomes SC order, calls out government’s haste in cutting trees in Aarey Colony

NCP leader Supriya Sule said the haste with which the government acted over the weekend in cutting the trees is condemnable.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 07, 2019 · 04:03 pm

Aarey: Supreme Court asks Maharashtra government not to cut any more trees

During the hearing, the bench asked the petitioners to show documents to prove it was an eco-sensitive zone.

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· Oct 07, 2019 · 10:29 am

Aarey tree cutting: Supreme Court to hear urgent plea on Monday

The court said a special bench has been constituted to hear the PIL, filed by a person called Rishav Ranjan.

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· Oct 06, 2019 · 08:58 pm

Aarey tree cutting: Mumbai court releases 29 people arrested for protests on conditional bail

The demonstrators have been granted conditional bail on a cash bond of Rs 7,000 each.

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· Oct 06, 2019 · 07:43 pm

Mumbai Metro chief says cutting of trees in Aarey is destruction that is ‘inevitable’

Ashwini Bhide was responding to a tweet by Mumbai Metro Line 3, which claimed it had planted 24,000 trees in the city as a replacement.

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· Oct 06, 2019 · 06:19 pm

Aarey tree cutting: Prakash Ambedkar detained by police, asks people to maintain law and order

Following his detention, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi leader tweeted to his followers asking them not to believe rumours.

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· Oct 06, 2019 · 02:52 pm

‘Greed, hubris, foolishness’: Bollywood actors tweet against tree cutting in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony

Filmmaker Karan Johar described the cutting of trees as a ‘massacre’.

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· Oct 06, 2019 · 11:56 am