Ganga's moment

Environment protection act reduced to a travesty of their mandate

Perhaps yes, minister

Green alert in Navi Mumbai

La farce

NTPC dam rattles local elections

Officials subverted elections to the forest council that opposed dam, allege villagers

Clearance rush

Environment ministry clears projects, even those rejected earlier, at an unprecedented rate

Coal mine expansion made easy

One-time capacity expansion does not require public hearing, says environment ministry

Rage over asbestos

Residents stall work at Utkal Asbestos Ltd’s plant in Vaishali

MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha

Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states

EIA A nice formality

Draft coastal management notification faces protests

In Short (News)

Dibang dam on hold

Jaypee powers ahead in Himachal

‘Company built power plant illegally; managed clearance’  

Cobalt-60 is in Delhi

Authorities unsure how to check entry of radioactive material in scrap

Perilous port

Proposed seaport in Vizhinjam can spell disaster for fishers, tourism and biodiversity in Kerala

Centre pitches for Kerala

Environment ministry wants to revoke Karnataka’s ban on night traffic in Bandipur  

Bay in distress

A proposed shipyard threatens the rich biodiversity of a south Goa bay, but government is unmoved

Lafarge’s fait accompli

SC allows French giant to mine in forest; asks Centre to set up a green regulator for projects

Environment ministry order bans use of plastic packaging for tobacco, gutkha

The ministry passed its order after the companies failed to adhere to the Supreme Court directive asking them to adhere to the new Plastic Waste …

Bhupender Yadav releases DTE’s State of India’s Environment 2022

Climate change, desertification and the sustainability-affordability linkage three extremely critical issues facing India today

License to pollute : Inefficient Kota thermal power station allowed to function by Rajasthan

Earlier, the government was planning to retire two units of the plant June 30. However, protests by local politicians and the employees …

MoEF&CC takes back advisory to avoid honeycombing of forest land under FRA

An official from the environment ministry says the advisory was withdrawn as there is no provision under the Forest Rights Act to club land together

Rules to implement Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act to be finalised by January 3

The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act was passed to restore forest cover which was lost due to diversion of forest land