Coal mining destroying wildlife habitat: Greenpeace

Virtually all new coal fields and planned power plants are in states that have India’s largest contiguous tiger landscape

For a greener future: Jharkhand needs a planned transition from coal

Jharkhand accounts for close to 300,000 individuals employed within the illegal coal mining industry

CAG audit points out loss of mining revenue in Odisha

The state government has accepted under assessment and other deficiencies worth Rs 773.44 crore in 180 cases out of 191 identified by CAG

Moving from monopoly to competition, Centre opens up coal mining to private sector

The decision will increase competitiveness and allow the use of best possible technology into the sector

Environment ministry panel exempts public hearing for companies seeking coal mine expansion

Doing away with public hearing will seriously undermine the EIA notification in letter and spirit

Illegal and unfair acquisition of mining land in Korba

SECL has been using loopholes in the law and sometimes even violating laws altogether to avoid compensation against acquired land

Don’t use power for 2 hours every evening, if you have a choice, Oz energy minister to citizens

The minister made the remarks during a televised address as Australia, the world's largest coal importer, is in the throes of an energy crisis 

Meghalaya asked to pay Rs 100 crore over illegal mining

Following a judicial committee report on violations to the ban on rat-hole mining, National Green Tribunal imposes a fine on state government

Central panel opens up forest for Adani mine despite Chhattisgarh’s reservation

Forest Advisory Committee gives Stage 1 clearance to Parsa coal mining project under the umbrage of fait accompli despite clear concerns about …

The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines

Despite being banned by the National Green Tribunal and continuing litigation against them in the Supreme Court, rat-hole mines in the …

RE-powering Jharkhand: Solar objectives great, but execution may be tough

Coal to clean transformation will need structural transformation of age-old communities

Trouble for Adani’s Carmichael project continues as locals go to court

The Carmichael mining project in Australia faces another legal challenge as aboriginal group claims ownership of land

Deutsche Bank refuses to fund Adani’s coal project in Australia

The project can pose environmental threat to the fragile Great Barrier Reef, say conservation bodies like Unesco

NGT order on Jindal Steel & Power in March was a landmark. Here’s why

RS 160 cr fine headlines fixing of responsibility; recognition to locals’ grivances

Proposed amendments to Coal Bearing Areas Act will change land acquisition for mining: Experts

The proposed amendments are likely to grant more control to private corporations, make tribal land acquisition easy, say experts

Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow

Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …

Nowhere to go: How exposure to coal dust has impacted lives in Odisha’s mining villages

From health hazards to crop loss — the residents of Ratanpur, Ratansara, Shiarmal & Dulinga villages face many perils

Dhanbad DMF funds city infrastructure projects, neglecting mining-affected people

The district's latest Rs 307 crore sanctions fail issues of livelihood and healthcare, which are longstanding challenges for the worst-…

Amid legal battles, Adani rakes in Rs 60,000 crore for Australia project

The project that involves exporting of 60 million tonnes of coal every year is being opposed by groups in both India and Australia

Coal scam: spare 46 coal blocks, Centre urges SC

BJP government seeks to protect 46 mines, already producing coal, from imminent cancellation by Supreme Court. Cites investments and a looming …

India’s environment dealt a double blow by NDA government

Small coal mining projects have been exempted from public hearings; moratorium on expansion of industries in critically polluted areas has been lifted

Coal mining to be allowed in non-forest areas after Stage I of forest clearance: Government

Environment ministry takes decision after coal ministry complains of delay in projects due to mining ban in these areas

Chhattisgarh village under demolition for Hindalco mine, villagers claim foul play

At least 50 families have been relocated, claims official. A house was razed on June 2  

Essar, Hindalco get final clearance to mine Mahan forests for coal

Opening Mahan for mining might speed up clearance to other coal-bearing forest areas in the district, fear activists

CBI recovers Rs 1 crore from deputy director of environment ministry

Neeraj Kumar Khatri is technical officer whose opinion is considered by expert appraisal committee for grant of environment clearances