Konkan commotion: Allegations of soil testing by authorities at Ratnagiri project site intensify protests

There are ecological concerns as the site’s geography is unique with sand dunes and mangroves which serve as nesting sites for Olive Ridley …

How the Nanar anti-refinery protests in Maharashtra clicked

The protestors used diverse social, legal and political activism strategies and drove a hard bargain with the local politicians to convey the …

The Alphonso mango is now completely traceable

Traceability shows the complete journey of how sustainably a fruit has been harvested and distributed; it can help and prevent the misuse of GI tags

Climate change is real: 600-900% excess rain in many Maharashtra districts

The ongoing floods in Maharashtra may further worsen as the IMD has predicted very heavy and extremely heavy rains in six districts July 24

In ocean’s way

People watch helplessly as the sea nibbles the Konkan coast, swallowing groves and beaches, and shallowing creeks

Ratnagiri protests clearance to Jaitapur power park

Expert panel gives conditional approval, but environmentalists tout it as a façade

Carting away sand

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

Out of favour

Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which are on the brink of extinction

Alphonso’s last call?

The world’s best mango is perishing in coastal Maharashtra, which grows most of the crop. The culprits are climate change and unsustainable …

MoEF expert panel recommends moratorium on mining, power projects in Konkan

Report kept in wraps calls attention to adverse environmental and social impacts of ongoing industrial activities

Protect ecologically sensitive areas of Western Ghats: high level MoEF panel

It recommends ban on activities that damage the environment in such regions; more studies proposed for Gundia hydropower project and Athirappilly dam

Centre’s go ahead for 95 metre tall Shivaji statue in Arabian Sea

Mumbai’s coastal road project to be fast-tracked; lifting of mining moratorium on Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg under consideration

Real estate boom, quarries to blame for Pune disaster?

Ambegaon taluk where disaster-struck Malin village was located had become a realty hot spot and had mines; it is located in the ecologically …

Will Narayan Rane’s loss in Maharashtra mean better protection for Western Ghats?

Congress leader who contested Assembly elections from Kudal in Sindhudurg district is known to be a key player in the mining lobby in the entire …

Curb on mining in Western Ghats

MoEF accepts Kasturirangan report; will declare one-third of the range ecologically sensitive

Nuclear plant triggers reaction

Konkan villagers protest land acquisition for 9,900 MW power plant

Nothing official about it

Ishikaa Sharma recounts her first day at the National Green Tribunal

Jaitapur nuclear protests: activist leader gets externment notice

Vaishali Patil says administration has been continuously harassing protesters

Jindal power plant risk to alphonsos

It can function without treating SO2, says environment ministry

Factories poison Khed

Villagers angry over chemical effluents in their drinking water

Jaitapur-affected to get annuity payments

NPCIL agrees to pay a compensation of Rs 25 lakh per hectare of land acquired

Push for sand mining

New Maharashtra policy ignores resident’s concerns, law

‘Coal emissions nourish trees’

Environment ministry pushes Jindal power plants in Konkan

Nuclear utility grabs land

Public sector NPCIL encroaches upon mango plantations near its Ratnagiri plant

Konkan thumbs down nuclear plant

Public hearing for 9,900 MW Jaitapur power project held under protest