In a significant development, the Committee appointed under the Chairmanship of Justice Mr. N. K. Patil, Judge of the
Karnataka High Court and Chairman High Court Legal Services Committee, in response to the Public Interest Litigation

In June 2009 Government of Karnataka (GoK) constituted a Coordination Committee to oversee and coordinate the state’s response to climate change. It assigned the mandate to prepare the State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) to Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI).

This new report released by retired Justice Suresh Hosbet documents the impacts of unbridled coal mining and thermal power plants on the environment and the people of Singrauli promoted as the power capital of the country.

Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has come with Sewage Treatment Guidebook in the interest of general public. This guidebook takes the reader through the various units, operations and processes in a typical Extended Aeration Biological Treatment Plant.

The opposition to BT brinjal has partly arisen because some Solanum species are widely used in Indian medicine. According to Prof.

The activists opposing the commercialization of Bt brinjal have asserted that Bt brinjal would seriously affect the use of brinjal in the Alternative and Complementary Systems of Medicine (ACSM) in India, through ‘loss of synergy’. The then Minister for Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India (GoI), repeatedly echoed this view.

Karnataka has abundant potential for development of solar energy. Under the Karnataka renewable energy policy, it is envisaged that the state will have a target for achieving 126 MW of solar power up to 2013-14. This includes the power that the state is likely to get under the JNSSM.

The United Artists Association (UAA) and Greenpeace India undertook an independent study in the Gahirmatha region to understand, examine and document perceptions and thoughts of fisher communities on income generation schemes and livelihood options as well as their perceptions and attitudes relating to the existing fisheries management and marin

The (Draft) Guidelines for Ecotourism in and around Protected Areas were issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on June 2, 2011 and comments invited by June 30, 2011.

Recognising that Climate Change most adversely affects marginalized communities, INECC felt that it was necessary to have a better understanding of the