Green rupee in a mess

An exercise in flippancy

Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints

POSCO clearance illegal: activists

Say the claims made by Odisha government are barefaced lies

POSCO gets final approval

Environment ministry endorses state government’s claim that there are no forest rights to be settled in the project area

As told to Parliament (December 20, 2021): 3.4 million tonnes of plastic waste generated in 2019-20

All that was discussed in the House through the day

The dirty dozens

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 …

Villages protest forest acquisition

No compensation from steel major Jindal, allege Odisha people

Maoist insurgency

Land struggles and growth of India’s red corridor

Low on carbon crunching

Fresh scheme sets efficiency targets for energy-guzzling sectors but is still too soft

The 200 million tonne challenge

With the sector set to boom, India needs an action plan

Saranda for sale?

First by diluting it and then by delaying it, the Jharkhand government ensures slow death of a plan meant to safeguard Saranda and its wildlife …

POSCO faces fresh litigation, protest

Uncertainty looms over its $12 billion steel plant project in Odisha

Pollution glorified

World Bank arm finances polluting steel mill in Jharkhand

POSCO villages resist land acquisition by Odisha government

Despite protests administration demolishes 37 betel gardens on the forestland. Land acquistion put on hold till June 17

POSCO gets green signal

Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO

‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why

In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present …

Sponge iron’s dirty growth

In the years to come, India's expanding steel production will be largely driven by sponge iron. But its manufacturing process, based on coal, is …

The wasteland

Bellary has lost 45 per cent of its forest cover to iron ore mining, says the CEC report

Picture imperfect

Fertile and picturesque, that is what Bellary was before companies started indiscriminate mining for iron ore  

Coal quandary

In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …

Letters

Weak rules, weaker regulators

Factories flout emission standards at will

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