Stinking for two decades

Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits

SC extends endosulfan ban

Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod  

Data fudged for mining clearance

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

A revolution gone awry

Easy access to agro-chemicals in Sri Lanka blamed for public health scare

Steeled up

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

Lost in plantation

Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …

Act to make Coca-Cola pay

Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant

War over waste

People of Bengaluru pitch a battle against civic body which has neglected mounting piles of garbage

Into the ginger trap

Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution

Battle over oil, coal & forests

Ash flies in the face of power plan

Odisha gears up for more power generation but has no action plan for disposing of fly ash

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

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Pollution glorified

World Bank arm finances polluting steel mill in Jharkhand

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 …

India’s Minamata

Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …

Chaos in the iron age

After iron ore plunder in Bellary and Goa comes a Supreme Court order that adds confusion to chaos