Serial polluter

Tigers fall prey to development

In southern Maharashtra an area rich in wildlife is being opened for plantations and mines

NGT issues notice to Odisha government for hiding fact about forest in bauxite mine

Details related to forest cover were kept secret to secure environmental clearance from MoEF

Mahan at all costs

How government bent all rules to ensure Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh goes to Essar and Hindalco for mining coal

Fly ash from Hindalco spills to farms

Odisha pollution control board goes soft on aluminium plant

Mahan coal block gets clearance

Forest rights of Baigas scuttled to clear way to mine dense forest

Odisha SPCB indicts Hindalco for fluoride contamination in farms

Farmers around the plant in Hirakud had repeatedly complained of heavy crop loss which now has been linked to plant emissions

Essar, Hindalco get final clearance to mine Mahan forests for coal

Opening Mahan for mining might speed up clearance to other coal-bearing forest areas in the district, fear activists

Do we really need the bauxite from Niyamgiri?

Existing mines can meet India’s demand for the next thirty years, at levels three times our current consumption

Indian home ministry’s strictures on foreign funding

Greenpeace alleges the government is targeting the non-profit for its campaigns against proposed coal and power projects in central India. The non-…

Private firms made windfall gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore from coal blocks: CAG

Report names Essar, Tata and Jindal Steel and Power among beneficiaries

Fresh gram sabha meet ordered for Mahan coal block

Move follows close on the heels of high court order to probe earlier gram sabha resolution of Amelia village allowing mining, which residents …

Mahan coal block dispute before green tribunal

After two-year-long protests, demanding settlement of forest rights prior to mining, residents of Waidhan forest range approach National Green …

Deo slams MP government for denying forest rights to tribals in Mahan

Union tribal affairs minister says villagers’ consent to mining by Hindalco and Essar comprised more than 11,000 forged signatures

Coal ministry cancels allotment of 18 coal blocks

Government to decide the fate of 10 more coal blocks on February 25

Tribals nail government lie on protecting indigenous people at biodiversity meet

'Will the Indian government abandon mining projects to protect us?' ask residents of Singrauli who face displacement because of Mahan coal project

More forest diversions likely in Singrauli

Greenpeace report says pollution from coal-fired thermal plants not considered while allowing mining in coal belt