Mining for people
New mining bill to ensure industry shares its super-profits with affected people
Nirma plant in trouble again
Environment ministry says project site a wetland
Supreme Court bans endosulfan
Order to be effective till ICMR submits report
POSCO gets green signal
Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO
POSCO’s port halt
South Korean company’s steel plant and port may impact coast, says expert panel
Ratnagiri protests clearance to Jaitapur power park
Expert panel gives conditional approval, but environmentalists tout it as a façade
Near ready for take-off
Environment ministry panel clears Navi Mumbai airport; hotel and golf course put on hold
POSCO review body divided
Members differ on steel giant’s compliance with regulations
Breach in drug resistance
New synthetic compound works differently on malaria
Jindal pays for flouting law
Constructs Chhattisgarh plant without clearance
GMR jumps the gun
Begins constructing power plant in Chhattisgarh, illegally
Centre proposes controls over wetlands
Regulations not enough to conserve marshes and lakes, say experts
Survival instinct
A fungus breeds sexually to infect resistant wheat crops
Green Mission: raise forests, sink CO2
Protect biodiversity too, say experts
Enter the age of bionics
With just the right battery, hearts will never skip a beat
Garo hills spared of uranium exploration
Atomic energy department wanted to drill inside national park
IIM-Lucknow analyzes pollution board
Manpower shortage, lack of coordination are main problems
Magnet turns detector
Measure of the soil’s remanence can quantify pollution