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Coal mining destroying wildlife habitat: Greenpeace

Virtually all new coal fields and planned power plants are in states that have India’s largest contiguous tiger landscape

For a greener future: Jharkhand needs a planned transition from coal

Jharkhand accounts for close to 300,000 individuals employed within the illegal coal mining industry

CAG audit points out loss of mining revenue in Odisha

The state government has accepted under assessment and other deficiencies worth Rs 773.44 crore in 180 cases out of 191 identified by CAG

Moving from monopoly to competition, Centre opens up coal mining to private sector

The decision will increase competitiveness and allow the use of best possible technology into the sector

Environment ministry panel exempts public hearing for companies seeking coal mine expansion

Doing away with public hearing will seriously undermine the EIA notification in letter and spirit

Mine collapse kills six in Jharkhand, 12 feared trapped

The caved in mine saw illegal extraction of coal

Centre eases green norms to expedite coal mining projects

Projects can now move forward even in the absence of final clearance

Illegal and unfair acquisition of mining land in Korba

SECL has been using loopholes in the law and sometimes even violating laws altogether to avoid compensation against acquired land

Coal companies exempted from public hearing for expansion

One-time hearing okay, says environment ministry

Don’t use power for 2 hours every evening, if you have a choice, Oz energy minister to citizens

The minister made the remarks during a televised address as Australia, the world's largest coal importer, is in the throes of an energy crisis 

Meghalaya asked to pay Rs 100 crore over illegal mining

Following a judicial committee report on violations to the ban on rat-hole mining, National Green Tribunal imposes a fine on state government

Moving away from coal: Livelihoods of Odisha’s mine workers need to be protected

At least half a million lives are associated with coal mining in Odisha

RE-powering Jharkhand: Solar objectives great, but execution may be tough

Coal to clean transformation will need structural transformation of age-old communities

Central panel opens up forest for Adani mine despite Chhattisgarh’s reservation

Forest Advisory Committee gives Stage 1 clearance to Parsa coal mining project under the umbrage of fait accompli despite clear concerns about …

The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines

Despite being banned by the National Green Tribunal and continuing litigation against them in the Supreme Court, rat-hole mines in the …

Trouble for Adani’s Carmichael project continues as locals go to court

The Carmichael mining project in Australia faces another legal challenge as aboriginal group claims ownership of land

Activists allege thousands of trees felled in Hasdeo for coal mining

The activity has already displaced elephants and impacting threatened biodiversity

Deutsche Bank refuses to fund Adani’s coal project in Australia

The project can pose environmental threat to the fragile Great Barrier Reef, say conservation bodies like Unesco

NGT order on Jindal Steel & Power in March was a landmark. Here’s why

RS 160 cr fine headlines fixing of responsibility; recognition to locals’ grivances

Proposed amendments to Coal Bearing Areas Act will change land acquisition for mining: Experts

The proposed amendments are likely to grant more control to private corporations, make tribal land acquisition easy, say experts

A yatra to highlight looting of land

Companies will pay a pittance as compensation to extract coal in Hazaribagh

Nowhere to go: How exposure to coal dust has impacted lives in Odisha’s mining villages

From health hazards to crop loss — the residents of Ratanpur, Ratansara, Shiarmal & Dulinga villages face many perils

Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow

Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …