Clearance based on false claims

Panel confirms Sompeta and Bhavanapadu thermal project sites are wetlands

GMR jumps the gun

Begins constructing power plant in Chhattisgarh, illegally

On a skewed track

Metros must be subject to public review  

Mining at deep sea

Countries are delving deeper into the ocean to explore its mineral wealth. The deposits on the ocean floor are enormous and the ecology of this …

Cauvery gouged

Ten years after the Tamil Nadu government took over sand mining from private players, illegalities continue, harming agriculture and draining the …

MoEF gets stick for failing to respond to green tribunal notices

No counsel appeared before NGT on behalf of environment ministry for a month-and-a half, leading to delays in a number of cases

Green nod to Jindal mine nixed

National Green Tribunal questions credibility of public hearing that gave clearance

Natural allies

In court

The public relations republic

Jindal pays for flouting law

Constructs Chhattisgarh plant without clearance

‘Coal emissions nourish trees’

Environment ministry pushes Jindal power plants in Konkan

CPCB panel appointed to inspect Utkal Asbestos plant site in Bihar

Patna High Court pulls up state pollution control board for submitting affidavits that contradict each other

Learn to walk lightly

India should develop

Sindhudurg on road to conflict

Non-existent check post

National Green Tribunal fails to start, project clearances continue

Joshimath Sinking: Preparations for Char Dham Yatra begin; locals still clueless about permanent rehabilitation

Reports by eight central technical institutes behind the cause for the crisis in the holy town not released to public yet.

Chaos in reforms

The TSR Subramanian Committee report, meant to suggest environmental governance reforms, creates more confusion

Nirma loses wetland

Environment ministry revokes clearance to its cement plant

Granite greed

Frenzied quarrying destroys livelihoods and environment in Karimnagar

Apex court spanner in Nirma cement plant

Mine-boggling

Officials in Orissa allowed leases to lapse so that companies could mine on the sly

Dam at fault

Maharashtra builds dam in quake zone without permission. High Court refuses stay

Seven Maharashtra villages protest dam

Compensation too meagre, say Melghat tribals