No to industrialization drive

Monopoly on Mahanadi

Water on a deficit budget

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 3, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

POSCO gets final clearance

Environment ministry sides with Odisha government, ignores people’s forest rights

People reject EIA for Chhattisgarh steel project

POSCO’s port halt

South Korean company’s steel plant and port may impact coast, says expert panel

Posco stumbles

Centre asks the steel giant to get forest dwellers’ consent  

Where is POSCO headed?

Odisha government has completed land acquisition for plant site but proposed mining in Khandadhar hills might stir up another struggle

Need or greed?

The Union Ministry of Finance has recently alleged that green clearances are holding up the country’s infrastructure development and growth.…

People refuse to give in to POSCO

Konkan village rejects mining plan

Officials say villagers are not final arbiters

Earth’s inner core is older than previously determined, find researchers

Researchers revise age of Earth’s solid inner core from 565 mln years to 1-1.3 bln years   

Tackling ‘hidden hunger’: Strategies to combat micronutrient deficiencies

In the face of the global hidden hunger crisis, it is imperative that we address the micronutrient deficiencies that silently erode our health  

India’s iron and steel industry is capable of emitting less and producing more: CSE

CSE underlines the need for better planning, new technologies and adequate finance to help the sector make the much-needed shift in today&…

Doubling ship recycling capacity by 2024: Are we ready?

The industry is an economic driver for India, but entails several occupational hazards and environmental implications 

Deadly dam burst in Brazil puts mining company under scanner

Brazil’s Federal Police accuse mining company Samarco of wilful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst in November 2015

Fight for Khandadhar

Once rescued from Korean company POSCO, Odisha's ecologically rich Khandadhar hills have now been handed over to the state's mining body. Tribal …

Data fudged for mining clearance

Iron ore mines in Goa also concealed facts to get environmental clearance, shows report

POSCO: take land but give life

Eco-friendly slag to help make cement in Chhattisgarh

Heavy metal

Stink of India's steel frame

Police clears way for POSCO

Batons and bullets chase agitators blocking access to steel plant site  

Steeled up

Unable to bear pollution any longer, people in Kotdwar force Uttarakhand to commission an independent assessment of steel factories in the region

POSCO unplugged

Sayantan Bera travels to Jagatsinghpur in Odisha to find that villagers labeled ‘pro’ POSCO do not have a choice otherwise