Depleting cover

Forest cover in Europe is decreasing at an alarming rate, says a new study

UNITED NATIONS

Mere paperwork

The state government of Goa acknowledges that a green law passed in 1996 is toothless

TOBACCO MENACE

The trail of ash

NALCO will be sued if it fails to restore an ash pond breach that has caused an environmental nightmare in Orissa

EU casts its net wider

Mine games

Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment (Read full article)

Fishworkers' union calls off stir after meeting PM

In the tax bracket again

The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items -- tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a …

HP snubbed

For denotifying forestland

Power-packed option

Even remote areas can be electrified through biomass gasification

Anti-GM suit in Pakistan

Bittersweet

ec sugar reform proposal doesn't please anyone

Forest ministry favours intrusion

The biggest threat protected areas across the country face right now is from their purported protector -- the Union ministry of environment and …

Reverse gear

New EU groundwater laws flayed

Sham, sham

A recent survey finds the food for work progamme mired in corruption

In court

US coast may open for drilling

India's fertiliser subsidy policy favours the industry

Government's subsidy policy remains pro-industry

Line of Vulnerability

Tsunami experience redefines coastal zones

Maharashtra acts

Polybags out, system suspect

Bt: Acquiring shades of grey

Tribal rights head nowhere

UK releases climate change bill

Nine US states sue EPA over mercury emissions