Expert committee meets to review projects in violation and grant environment clearance

A notification by the environment ministry gave a chance for violating projects to apply for environment clearance

Germany bans fracking indefinitely

The method of hydraulic fracking for extraction of shale gas has been controversial due to its environmental impacts

Bombay HC questions DMF administration in Goa, identifies loopholes in state law

Pointing to the poor knowledge of mining-affected people about DMF, the court also questioned if they are receiving any benefits at all

A 5-star hotel in Udaipur botches up green clearances

A five-star hotel on Rajasthan's Udaisagar lake nears completion despite having flouted every rule in the book

Finally, some clarity on environmental regulations for rooftop solar PV systems

A new rooftop solar programme makes the Environment and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) mandatory for all proposed projects

‘EIAs of mining projects have become a farce’

Christopher Albin-Lackey, senior researcher with New York-based non-profit Human Rights Watch (HRW), has documented the large-scale environmental …

NGT slaps Rs 25 crore on company for damaging mudflats, mangroves

Das Offshore reclaimed 25 hectares of the inter-tidal region of the Arabian Sea in Raigad district

Rajasthan's amended mining rules could spell fresh legal trouble for state mining department

New rules allow cluster mine holders to circumvent environmental clearance; high court had stressed on obtaining the mandatory clearance

Who is eligible to raise questions in public hearings?

Sintex power says only those who reside in the region or belong to a non-profit can do so

Nuclear power at the cost of livelihood

Haryana village protests nuclear power plant

Official at public hearing tells residents that radiation is human friendly and used for cancer treatment 

Green tribunal begins hearing appeal against POSCO steel plant

MoEF says its decision to grant clearance cannot be challenged

Green clearances not required for new coal mine leaseholders

Environment ministry transfers environment clearances of previous leaseholders to new allottees

POSCO project may kick off this year despite green tribunal order

India’s largest FDI might downsize initially, to get going

Madras High Court admits petition accusing Tamil Nadu works department of illegal sand mining

'None of the 42 mining sites on the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers have environment clearance'

Delhi High Court cancels clearance to mining project in Goa

Ramesh Gauns, an environmental activist, had been battling the government, against the clearance for five years

Goa public accounts committee blows the lid off mining scam

Fifteen million tonnes of iron ore extracted and exported from the state illegally in last six years

Vedanta's expansion plan hits road block

Environment ministry wants fresh environmental impact assessment for mining giant's Lanjigarh alumina refinery

GM maize: Argentine province rejects Monsanto's EIA report

A major setback for world’s largest agro biotech

Construction boom will make cities unliveable: Centre for Science and Environment

Non-profit calls for support for green buildings programmes which should not be reduced to a sham to protect realty profits

Africa: How climate change turned two of the world’s oldest tribes into enemies

Shrinking of the world's largest desert lake has triggered a survival battle among nomadic tribes in the Kenyan-Ethiopian border

POSCO asked to revise plans for fresh environment clearance

Environment ministry's expert committee seeks new layout plan; fresh studies on environmental and social impact

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

Public hearing for pet coke plant turns violent

Residents say Sunvira industries' plant will emit noxious gases, chemicals

Jalandhar village opposes waste-to-energy plant

Project developer, Jindal Urban Infrastructure Limited, could not answer queries satisfactorily at public hearing