Biodiversity body claims coal

In a first-of-its-kind case, a biodiversity committee in Madhya Pradesh asks for royalty on coal

National Green Tribunal firm on not allowing new polluting industries in Ghaziabad

UP Pollution Control Board fails to furnish satisfactory report to tribunal

Green Tribunal clears way for Renuka dam, partially

Vacates stay on payment of compensation to project-affected people in Himachal Pradesh; stay on forestland diversion continues for now

Stay on land allotment for thermal power plant in Sompeta

Andhra Pradesh government had alloted 394 ha of wetlands terming it wasteland; farmers and fisherman were unhappy

Pune police to crack down on noise on New Year’s Eve

Green tribunal orders confiscation of cars fitted with unauthorised DJ systems to check noise pollution

Karnataka sacrifices stones to conserve river sand

State mandates use of manufactured sand in public works, which would result in over-exploitation of another minor mineral and damage to the …

Wasteland or wetland?

Three panels’ reports later, green tribunal wants re-evaluation of Nirma project site

Polluting units shut in Kaziranga

Green tribunal fines state, Centre for allowing stone crushers, brick kilns near Assam park

Green tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Gogte Minerals

Chairperson of expert committee that granted clearance had conflict of interest

How harmful is PoP to the environment?

Artisan groups say PoP is made from naturally occurring substance and does not the affect the environment; activists say its impact is long-term

Gujarat’s Sardar Patel statue may face legal hurdle

Activists question authorities over construction of the statue near a wildlife sanctuary without environmental clearance

Green tribunal issues notice to five Delhi hospitals

Private, government hospitals found not adhering to standards of bio-medical waste disposal

Green tribunal orders closure of 34 illegal packaged drinking water units in Noida, Greater Noida

Ban on use of groundwater for construction in the two NCR cities to continue

National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat

Asks project proponent to obtain environmental clearances

NGT reverses closure order for Sterlite’s Tuticorin plant

Tribunal-appointed committee holds meeting in Chennai; Vedanta subsidiary awaits permission to resume operations

Alaknanda-Badrinath hydroelectric project challenged in green tribunal

Any development in the region will have irreversible negative impacts on ecology and wildlife, say activists demanding scrapping of project

Cheyyur power project: people to move court against MoEF panel approval

Activists say expert appraisal committee's clearance to proposed ultra mega power project based on false information furnished in EIA report

Okhla waste to energy plant put on notice for excess emissions

Residents had complained to chief minister Kejriwal during janata durbar; plant shut for now because of boiler malfunction

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 …