Clean energy fund to be used for cleaning 12 toxic dump sites
States asked to bear 60 per cent cost
‘Lanco public hearing rigged’
Farmers accuse power company of registering bogus speakers, question timing of public hearing with sowing season
Fruits of afforestation
Adivasis in southern Madhya Pradesh see salvation from malnutrition in a drive to plant fruit trees
Bhushan Steel’s Odisha unit in the dock for illegal expansion
Stock market research firms turn blind eye to the unit’s environmental violations
Cabinet approves setting up of National Investment Board
Is renamed Cabinet Committee on Investment and will be headed by prime minister
National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat
Asks project proponent to obtain environmental clearances
Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely
Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities
Andhra Pradesh speeds up Kovvada nuclear power project
Orders issued for acquiring 1,000 hectares
No green nod to iron ore projects dependent on Bellary
Decision follows Supreme Court order banning mining operations in the district
Srinagar hydroelectric project: walls of desilting basin collapse
Houses and fields inundated in several villages; residents had been complaining of water leakage from power channel canal for past one week
India Biodiversity Awards 2012 go to six pioneers in biodiversity governance
These include three village panchayats, two tiger reserves and informal network of forest protection committees
Forest department shocker to Mumbai suburban residents: pay more to regularise homes on forestland
Residents question hike when Supreme Court is yet to decide dispute over status of their land
Kudankulam plant can withstand Fukushima-like disaster: Centre to SC
Court says it will not allow the plant to function if safety conditions are not met
Mined to death: an elegy for the rivers of Meghalaya
The rivers in the Jaintia Hills have turned deep blue; mines and cement factories have killed all fish and aquatic life in them
Rajasthan's amended mining rules could spell fresh legal trouble for state mining department
New rules allow cluster mine holders to circumvent environmental clearance; high court had stressed on obtaining the mandatory clearance
Alaknanda-Badrinath hydroelectric project challenged in green tribunal
Any development in the region will have irreversible negative impacts on ecology and wildlife, say activists demanding scrapping of project
Cell phone tower radiation a pollutant: MoEF panel
'Ecological impact assessment study should precede their installation'
Emissions trading in particulate matter takes off
Will the market-based approach to controlling air pollution prove more effective than enforcement methods used by pollution control boards?
MoEF clears mining in 36 new sand reaches in Andhra
Move effectively overrules high court stay; approved sand reaches fall in districts acutely affected by overexploitation of river sand
Cheyyur power project: people to move court against MoEF panel approval
Activists say expert appraisal committee's clearance to proposed ultra mega power project based on false information furnished in EIA report
High court stays land acquisition for Kovvada nuclear power plant
Petitioner alleges violation of norms, demands land acquisition should be permitted only after environmental clearances are secured
Home ministry delayed Plachimada bill
RTI response reveals why bill meant to secure compensation from Coca-Cola has not received president’s assent till now
MoEF panel favours bauxite mining in Vizag tribal area
Yet-to-be-made public report dismisses environmental concerns
Tribals nail government lie on protecting indigenous people at biodiversity meet
'Will the Indian government abandon mining projects to protect us?' ask residents of Singrauli who face displacement because of Mahan coal project
India denies GMO contamination in basmati
EU had sought clarification after finding genetically modified organisms in the exported rice