Lives laid waste

Okhla waste to energy plant: NGT notice on possible threat to bird sanctuary

Uttar Pradesh to now verify whether emissions from the plant are harmful to the environment and wildlife of Okhla Bird Sanctuary

Okhla waste-to-energy plant operator told to control emissions or face closure

National Green Tribunal gives three weeks to Jindal company

Okhla waste-to-energy plant will be closed, assures Arvind Kejriwal

Aggrieved residents meet Delhi chief minister with the list of violations by the plant owned by the Jindal group  

Agartala to be first LED-illuminated city in northeastern India

Switch to LED-based street lighting is expected to save city corporation at least Rs 2 crore

Green nod to Jindal mine nixed

National Green Tribunal questions credibility of public hearing that gave clearance

Forest panel clears Jindal's mining projects in Saranda forest

Approval given without waiting for wildlife management plan for elephant reserve

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

Jharkhand tribals up against mining companies

Activists Akhil Gogoi and Ramesh Agrawal attacked

Gogoi was visiting flood-affected areas in Assam; Agrawal is fighting land grab by industries in Chhattisgarh

Jalandhar village opposes waste-to-energy plant

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

Delhi High Court orders shifting of biomedical waste incinerator from Okhla

Residents hope it will pave the way for shifting of Jindal's waste-to-energy plant

Will Andhra governor cancel mining leases?

Centre returns bauxite mining proposals in Schedule V areas

Green tribunal reserves order on Jindal's Raigarh power plant

Company broke up its expansion project into two components after MoEF suspended terms of reference for earlier proposal

Tribal affairs minister asks Andhra chief minister to cancel bauxite mining leases

Says the leases violate Constitution

Shifting ground

After cracking the whip on mining offenders, CEC is now going easy on them

Vedanta falters in Odisha

High court upholds Centre’s decision, rejects refinery expansion

NGT orders continuous inspection of Okhla incinerator

Municipal authorities asked to implement segregation of municipal solid waste at source

Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants

Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose

Supreme Court orders CBI probe against Yeddyurappa in mining scam

Jindal Steel Works and South West Mining will also be investigated for allegedly paying bribes to kin of former chief minister

Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: Jayanthi Natarajan

Activists, residents contest the statement; say India has no standards on emissions from incinerators

Karnataka sacrifices stones to conserve river sand

State mandates use of manufactured sand in public works, which would result in over-exploitation of another minor mineral and damage to the …

House panel urges Andhra government to cancel bauxite mining plans

'Mining will harm state’s interests while immensely benefiting private companies'

Companies fined heavily for mining over limit in Odisha

State authorities send notices to 103 mines

Public hearing sans public for Jindal plant in Gadchiroli

Affected people stage boycott, administration carries on nevertheless