Odisha, Jharkhand mull iron ore e-auction

Follow Karnataka’s example which raised huge revenues through the initiative

Supreme Court dismisses plea to review order expediting interlinking of rivers

Central Ground Water Authority had said the order could amount to judicial overreach

An ordeal by water

Sethusamudram alternative route not feasible: report

Supreme Court gives Centre eight weeks to decide fate of the project

SC bans transportation of illegally mined ore from Goa

Asks Centre, state to continue with ban on mining in the state

No cap on iron mining in Odisha

Centre rejects Shah Commission recommendation, says it would upset industry

SC allows dismantling of Exxon Valdez at Alang

Prohibits future entry of ships for ship-breaking if they violate Basel Convention

SC raps Centre, states for worsening critically polluted industrial clusters

Issues notice demanding reply within six weeks

Supreme Court gives go ahead to Kudankulam nuclear power plant

Rules in favour of larger public interest; says plant is safe

Nirma's cement plant hits hurdle

Supreme Court asks the industrial house to prove that the plant site is a wasteland

MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha

Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states

Irongate opened

Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron

Green tribunal dismisses Madhya Pradesh’s plea on sand mining

The state had sought exemption from seeking environment clearance from MoEF

Shifting ground

After cracking the whip on mining offenders, CEC is now going easy on them

Choked on salt

Illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake’s ecology

Supreme Court slaps Rs 100 crore fine on Sterlite for polluting environment

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

Supreme Court questions viability of river linking project

Directs Centre to submit detailed report on project cost and land acquisition

Gods must be dazed

Environment ministry recognises religious rights, pushes ecological concerns behind

Enemies of the state?

As the Centre for the first time allows widespread culling of nilgais, it triggers a debate over whether culling is the only way to save crops …

SC allows diesel SUVs back into the capital

Following a plea by car manufacturer to pay one per cent environment protection charge, the court allows big diesel cars in the NCR  

SC notice to Haryana, Rajasthan for failing to check mining in the Aravallis

Asks the two states to file report on what they have done to implement the mining ban ordered in 2002

Ban on diesel SUV to continue till March 31, SC reaffirms

The apex court has asked car manufacturers to prove that diesel SUVs are environment-friendly

SC puts an end to OMC's bid to mine Niyamgiri

Apex court rejects the OMC-Vedanta joint venture in what is being seen as a decisive victory for the indigenous tribal group, the Dongria Kondhs

Aravallis razed

Repeated court orders fail to save part of the primitive mountain range in Alwar from mining