Shine a light

Researchers have come up with a promising invention to make solar power commercially viable

Sundarbans at risk

Bangladesh-India power plant can severely affect the mangrove forest, say environmentalists

"Power" to the people irks Bengal villagers

Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project

Deja vu

Coal based thermal power plants come back to haunt villages in Udupi district, Karnataka

Doomed tomb

The future of the Taj Mahal is once again at stake because, the environment-versus-industry debate notwithstanding, pollution levels in Agra are …

The plot thickens

Winter haze caused by thermal plants, not biomass burning

The price of power

As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, …

Spurt forecast in nonconventional energy

The nonconventional energy sector is seen as the mainstay of the nation's future power requirements and is all set for major expansion, following …

New gold rush

Black attack

Has the Union ministry of environment and forests laid malicious siege to Dahanu taluka, in Maharashtra's Thane district?

Nothing official about it

Ishikaa Sharma recounts her first day at the National Green Tribunal

Sun block

Financial woes, delay in raw material supply stall most of the concentrated solar power projects

Strong fetish

Fly ash based cement is a victim of bias

Fluorescent lamps energy efficient but with glitches

Green game over

Fuming diesel gensets to power Commonwealth Games stadiums

Misled about water

VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …

Roti, kapda, and the other makaan bygones

Green buildings can happen only when we adopt a holistic approach that brings fashion, food and the building industry in sync

Cleared for growth

47 power plants in Vidarbha

Why set up thermal plants when the region is power surplus?

Is it all grey?

NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge

BPL millionaires

Industrial houses use tribals as fronts to amass tribal land in Chhattisgarh

Serious inquiry

Environment ministry categorises offences relating to environmental clearances

Rubber-stamp Authority

State environment regulatory bodies formed under the 2006 Environmental Impact Assessment notification have floundered. They have little …

Natural highways

The aviation sector is struggling for survival, while roadways and railways are bleeding the treasury dry. Inland navigation is economical and …

Damodar - Ten years after

How has the river that flows through one of the most industrialised regions in India fared since it was first written about in 1993? Down to …