Centre suspends green clearances to Goa mines
Conditions for restoring clearances not spelt out
Rajasthan drafts its own wildlife tourism guidelines
Allows tourism in core tiger habitats and areas in reserves from where villages were uprooted
Green tribunal suspends environment clearance of Scania sponge iron plant in Raigarh
Environment ministry granted clearance even though mandatory public consultations were not held
Supreme Court refuses to lift stay on sand mining in Andhra Pradesh
Asks state government to approach MoEF for environmental clearance
Centre dilutes eco-tourism guidelines
Presents the new guidelines in Supreme Court; next hearing on October 3
Wetlands and lakes will now be protected under single new conservation programme
National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems will include a national-level directive on criteria for lakes and wetlands
Karnataka High Court issues notice to National Biodiversity Authority on charges of paving way for biopiracy
Petition by a non-profit accuses authority of callousness towards protecting the country's biodiversity
Mansagar's fate hangs in balance
Supreme Court to decide legality of leasing Jaipur lakefront for tourist facilities to generate funds for lake conservation
Sand mining lobby uses tricks to evade MoEF scrutiny
Ministry panel visiting Greater Noida finds even leased mining areas do not have any environment clearance
Gir lions get a second home
Supreme Court orders shifting of some lions to Madhya Pradesh's Kuno-Palpur sanctuary to protect their gene pool
Energy sector biggest greenhouse gas emitter in India, says national communication to UNFCCC
More climate models needed for improving future projections: scientists
Adanis served show cause notice for Mundra project
Environment ministry move follows report pointing to flouting of environmental rules and its impact on the region
Serkapadi palli sabha says no to mining in any part of Niyamgiri hills
It is one of the 12 villages identified by Odisha government for holding India's first environment referendum
MoEF changes stand on relocation of Dhari Devi temple for Alaknanda dam
Supreme Court rebuffs ministry for opposing relocation of the temple at a higher level, something its own committee had approved
MoEF notice to halt work on lion safari project in Etawah
Notice to Uttar Pradesh says project in reserved forestland for commercial purpose is illegal
Tribal affairs minister asks Andhra chief minister to cancel bauxite mining leases
Says the leases violate Constitution
Real estate invades Dadri wetland
Bil Akbarpur is not included in the list of wetlands by district authorities
MoEF asks Chennai Petroleum Corporation to change pipeline route
Proposed coastal route too close to populated areas
Court orders fresh public hearing for Lanco power plant in Wardha
Declines to grant stay on environmental clearance
CAG raps environment ministry over ‘illegal’ appointments
Central Pollution Control Board created or upgraded posts without approval of finance ministry
Maharashtra to propose five wetland sites for recognition as Ramsar sites
MoEF will screen the sites independently to decide whether they are eligible for nomination
Green tribunal reserves order on Jindal's Raigarh power plant
Company broke up its expansion project into two components after MoEF suspended terms of reference for earlier proposal
New eco-tourism guidelines likely to favour tourism industry
MoEF panel recommends opening up to 20 per cent of core tiger habitats in reserves for tourism; earlier guidelines proposed only community-based …
Kaziranga’s no-development zone has 90 factories
Green tribunal orders closure of all industries that began operations after the zone was notified in 1996; others to use clean fuel
High Court forces Maharashtra to take credible action against Lavasa
Environment ministry to pass order on Lavasa’s application for environmental clearance in three weeks