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

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

NGT asks environment ministry to list asbestos mines; orders health survey of mine workers

Despite a ban on mining of the carcinogenic building and fire-resistant material for the past two decades, NGT’s latest order shows that …

Rs 5 lakh fine for dumping debris on Yamuna bank

National Green Tribunal (NGT) rules the person who generates the debris as well as the one who dumps it will have to pay the fine

NGT fines Gangakhed sugar factory for polluting fishing lake, canal in Maharashtra

National Green Tribunal asks sugar factory in Parbhani district to pay Rs 5 lakh to restore Mannat lake and canal polluted with molasses and …

Green Tribunal cancels environmental clearance of Aranmula Airport

Verdict seen as a major victory for local residents and activists who strongly oppose the proposed airport as it involves large-scale illegal …

Highway widening near Kaziranga: bailable warrants against top officials

National Green Tribunal says presence of Union transport secretary and highway authority chairperson necessary to decide on plea seeking stay on …

Demolish illegal structures on Yamuna, Hindon flood plains, says green tribunal

Passes injunction to prevent illegal structures from being built along Yamuna flood plain in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh

NGT forbids factories in Jasodharpur from dumping waste in river

Team from central and state pollution control boards asked to conduct site inspection and submit report by August 20

Green tribunal bans use of gas, electronic cutters in dismantling machinery in Delhi's Mayapuri scrap market

Orders MoEF to install scanners to prevent recurrence of radiation mishaps like the one in 2010

Green tribunal spells its mandate

Forest bureaucracy contended that clearance by the Centre can’t be challenged

China takes more actions to control air pollution, India lags behind

From strengthening of existing monitoring systems to making hard policy decisions, China has handled the problem with an iron hand