Between Maoists and mines

Ho tribals lose hold of Saranda as mining is set to take over the pristine sal forest. A report and photographs by Sayantan Bera

Stained steel

The iron and steel sector is regarded as the core of Indian economy. Its players are big and powerful. It is extremely resource-intensive and …

Battle over oil, coal & forests

Maoist insurgency

Land struggles and growth of India’s red corridor

NGT reverses closure order for Sterlite’s Tuticorin plant

Tribunal-appointed committee holds meeting in Chennai; Vedanta subsidiary awaits permission to resume operations

Ban paves the way

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

Methane emissions rose 576 mln tonnes every year between 2008 and 2017: Studies

Emissions increase 9% compared to last decade; atmospheric concentration rises by 1,875 parts per billion from the 1850s

Silence is the best policy

Ratlam’s toxic legacy

Hazardous waste kept in shut factories continues to contaminate groundwater

Green norms breach: 15 coal-firing power plants fined Rs 38 cr

Units ordered to deposit penalties by June 5; Central Pollution Control Board may pursue closure orders

Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Curb on mining in Western Ghats

MoEF accepts Kasturirangan report; will declare one-third of the range ecologically sensitive

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters

Pollution glorified

World Bank arm finances polluting steel mill in Jharkhand

Letters

Daunting journey

Carbon particles from biomass burning and vehicles could be discolouring the Taj Mahal. Down To Earth returns to the monument, a symbol of …

Where river runs black

Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people

Stink in the leather belt

Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …

Divide and dump waste

Letters

News 360° - Briefs

Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …

News 360° - Briefs

Pollution threatens Taj Mahal

Despite crores being spent on its upkeep, air and water pollution continue to threaten the Taj Mahal

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …