Stories: The Access Initiative (TAI)

For the first time in its ten-year history, the National Environmental Appellate Authority* (NEAA) has overturned a decision by the Government of India, quashing an environmental clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

A Right to Information request in India has revealed that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a bauxite mining project in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, was copied at least in part from a Russian EIA for a bauxite mine.

The Access Initiative Expands to South Asia, with a New Focus on Poverty and Water

Hungary becomes the 8th country to pledge better access to information, justice and participation in environmental decision-making.