Assam not a necessary party to hydel power development in Arunachal, says green tribunal

Tribunal ignores recommendations of Assam GoM on conducting cumulative impact study on hydropower projects in upstream state

Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link on hold

National Green Tribunal orders not to begin construction on the basis of seven-year-old environment clearance

Draft a Bill to protect Ganga, PMO tells environment ministry

Inter-ministerial committee to be set up for drafting legislation

Victims question Centre on delaying Plachimada Bill

Environment ministry says compensation claims from Coca-Cola diluted by time limit

Green tribunal seeks details on radiation from thermal power plants

People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants

Carting away sand

Labourers illegally mine beach sand in Ratnagiri, removing the buffer between ocean and human habitat

People's power

Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton …

Benefit interrupted

Biodiversity authority prepares a weak draft of guidelines on access and benefit sharing of natural resources

Parched capital

While Delhi struggles to make rainwater harvesting compulsory even after 13 years of amending byelaws, Chennai shows the way

Minor no more

Environment ministry regulates mining of minor minerals, finally

Experts without expertise

National Green Tribunal disapproves appointment of people without relevant experience to expert appraisal committees, asks environment ministry …

An order of chaos

National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …

Tribunal on trial

It has been four years since the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act was passed by Parliament for effective and expeditious disposal of cases …

Where river runs black

Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people

Coal mess in Maharashtra

While state agencies fight over the quality of coal supplied to Maharashtra's coal-fired power plants, it is the people who are suffering for no …

Why is river Yamuna still maily?

Officials do not understand the gray waters produced by the city

An ordeal by water

Nothing official about it

Ishikaa Sharma recounts her first day at the National Green Tribunal

The environment-development divide: is there room for dialogue?

If we accept the premise that ecological concerns are as worthy as developmental needs , then the decision to have a mine, dam, or road needs to …

Village throws a googly

Remote Eklehara has challenged what can be classified as a bio-resource and who should benefit from its use