Let forests be mined: coal ministry

It asks Cabinet to remove restrictions on mining areas

Tussle over coal blocks in forests

35 per cent of nine coalfields are ‘no-go’ areas

Maharashtra soft on Lavasa?

Yet to implement environment ministry’s order on the project

Forest eviction issue gets thornier

MoEF's decision on Dandeli project in Karnataka under review

MoEF writes off Army dues for using forestland for training

SC subjects Forest Advisory Committee's role to judicial scrutiny

Tiger task force seeks people's participation

Andaman's settlement plans in a row

Bhopal to get Rs 110 cr memorial

Environment ministry in clean-up mode

Neutrino threat to Nilgiri wildlife

Relocate observatory site near Madurai: environment ministry

Centre to study endosulfan effect

Backdoor democracy

Central directives on coastal zones could be used to circumvent rules

‘Vedanta violated laws, tribal rights’

MoEF panel indicts mining giant

Supreme Court gives Centre time till September 27 to review tiger tourism guidelines

Till then ban on tourism in core tiger habitats will prevail

First-ever tidal plant in Sunderbans in West Bengal

Sunderbansto have country's first tidal power plant

Witness to opposition

Dam's height restricted

Tribals block Vedanta earthmovers

Centre’s notice to Maheshwar dam

Threatens to stop work

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Though it controls 23.4 per cent of the country's land, the Indian Forest Service has little administrative clout. For long the stepchild of …

Centre ignores certifying agency

Private players set up forest certification body even as the ministry, which manages 90 per cent of the forests, gives it a cold shoulder

‘Scrap 24 dams, save Ganga’

Wildlife Institute of India report warns against ecological impact of dams in Uttarakhand

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 23-27)

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