Rubber-stamp Authority

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

Chella Krishnamurthy, 57, murdered

Rules of e-dump

Loopholes in new rules for electronic waste make it difficult to regulate informal sector

Stinking for two decades

Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits

Healing festering wounds

An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented

Modi mantra to a healthy and wealthy nation

The mantra of zero defect and zero effect manufacturing practice should translate into no pollution from industrial effluents

End-of-life neglect

Safe recycling of e-waste remains a pipe dream despite government rules

On the shelf?

Bagful of doubts

India has no fool-proof test for biodegradable plastic

Noamundi is easy to mine

Auto yes to coal

High powered panel recommends freeing coal blocks in forests

A red politician who saw opportunity in green

A chief minister who gave autonomy to environment regulators

Bhopal to Germany

Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention

Cash clogged

Will Delhi’s ambitious sewerage plan help clean the Yamuna?

Too hot to handle

India has tightened guidelines for storage of toxic industrial waste. But is it enough?

Working Group on Environment releases report in Kerala

Home truths

Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…

Dust storm and mist

Why a pleasant autumn morning turned grimy for Savvy Soumya Misra

Roadmap for an effective environmental regime

Nivit Kumar Yadav reports on how different countries are tackling environmental pollution and the lessons in it for India

Kicking up a stink

Waste pickers in Pune force corporates and the municipality to address safe disposal of sanitary napkins

Fatal attraction

Spam in fishing net

Quit Wardha

Gandhi ashram protests polluting pig iron plant nearby

Everybody loves waterbody

Amid murder of an activist, 4,000 missing ponds and 195 FIRs on encroachments in East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal mulls a wetland policy

Unruffled flakes

Pig iron plant of Sesa Goa pollutes South Goa; firm says expansion will take care of problems