The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change orders formation of a committee to look into the prospect of amending Management Plan for Sustainable Mining
Desertification in India: Mining monstrous for Goa, but urbanisation digs a bigger hole
Andhra Pradesh unveils new sand policy
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 30, 2019)
Government allows 100% FDI in coal mining
The Union cabinet decides to further liberalise FDI rules in four sectors to boost economic growth
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 5-9)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the ...
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 29-Aug 2)
States with declining tiger population have highest diversion of forests for mining
Data shows that Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana and Andhra lost forest land to mining during the period their tiger ...
Talcher coal mine accident: 1 dead, 4 trapped after landslide
The death toll might go up to 14 as the nine rescued workers are in a serious condition
CAG report raises questions on DMF in Rajasthan
The state's mining and geology dept kept Rs 498 crore locked in and deprived district trusts from accessing the ...
CAG lists Nalco’s many environmental aberrations
The audit agency says Nalco is liable for legal action for violations of environmental clearance terms
Chhattisgarh may have stopped Bailadila mining, but for how long?
Tribal protestors may have had the first round, but mining giants are sure to put pressure
As told to Parliament (July 12, 2019): India doubled usage of fly ash in nine years
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2019)
Illegal mining: Supreme Court orders Meghalaya to deposit Rs 100 crore
Move comes six months after mining disaster in the state
Venezuela’s isolated indigenous groups under siege from miners, disease and guerrillas
The Hoti, Yanomami and Piaroa, isolated indigenous groups in Venezuela, are under threat on several fronts
Why Bhavnagar farmers oppose limestone mining
Letter to high court-appointed panel lists reasons
Chhattisgarh mining protests continue on Day 5
Since June 7, tribals in Bastar’s Bailadila have been protesting the NMDC’s allotment of mines on the Nandraj hill to ...
Chhattisgarh CM stays mining activities in Bailadila
This decision has come days after locals launched an indefinite protest against mining on the hill that is religiously ...
DMF ex-governing council member under scanner for fund misuse in Korba
Development raises questions about accountability of DMF operations, leaving out mining-affected people
Assam bans mining in Kaziranga after Supreme Court order
The apex court had issued an order on April 12, 2019, ordering a mining ban along the southern boundary ...
Request for diverting forest land in Saranda for Tata rejected
Forest Advisory Committee, which comes under MoEF, cited a lack of information as well as many inconsistencies in the ...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 16, 2019)
Environment ministry stops clearance to mining of beach sand minerals
Move comes after request from mines ministry
Aravallis broken beyond repair
Illegal mining has ravaged the mountain range in the past few decades. Down To Earth investigates the loss and ...