Mission impossible?

The sheer scope of the biodiversity action plan may militate against its successful implementation

At industry's behest

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar's decision to lift the moratorium of 8 critically polluted clusters of the country is inexplicable. The …

Bring farmers to farms

SC imposes ban on field trials of GM crops

Fisherfolk demand lifting of ban on sea cucumber fishing

Back on menu: bird nest soup

It's the typos, stupid

New coastal rules draft made public

Fishers say proposed CRZ notification does not recognize their rights

Orissa wants stay on Polavaram

State says environment ministry’s approval overreaches apex court

Jindal power plant risk to alphonsos

It can function without treating SO2, says environment ministry

PM qualifies Bt brinjal moratorium

Genetic Engineering Approval Committee to decide moratorium period

Paper tigers abound in Sunderbans

Officials inflated tiger population to unrealistic figures  

Centre to give Indian Forest Act a facelift

The environment ministry has started comprehensively amending the Act by “weeding out” and updating obsolete provisions

What killed the chirp?

A study confirms modern buildings, pesticides and mobile towers are responsible for decline in sparrow population

Reform for reform’s sake

Without bottom-up rehauling National Environment Protection Agency will be more of the same

Gensets under check

Lavasa accepts green riders, finally

It had challenged the conditions, saying it would amount to guilt  

Sharks in soup

India goes against world in not banning shark fin trade

Activists petition PM against dam

Maheshwar dam nears completion; rehabilitation too slow

2005: after non-governance

Thermal plants to bear flyash disposal cost

Karnataka begins building Kalasa-Bandurinala irrigation project

Slack approach

Kerala red signal

Zone of contention