China planning ‘strictest’ environment protection system to improve health

Pollution is recognised as one of the major threats to public health in China

Clueless in capital

Delhi's aquifers being bled dry, authorities all at sea

Environment ministry rejects 2 Vidarbha irrigation projects

Construction work began without environmental clearance

The Forest is a village

Forests are complex ecosystems. But understanding them is not daunting

NGT slaps Rs 15 crore ‘fine’ on Delhi hospital

The hospital had started construction work without obtaining environmental clearance

No relief for Lavasa yet

Bombay high court upholds stop work order on its township project

Tarballs on India’s west coast: A tale of shifting responsibilities

Tarballs are hazardous to human life and marine biodiversity 

Confusion prevails on who can ban PoP idols

Courts fail to give clear-cut answers

Courts fail to give clear-cut answers

Courts fail to give clear-cut answers

DTE coverage on Western Ghats

Will India ratify the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Protocol?

 Protocol needs serious inter-ministerial deliberations, says MoEF official

CSE volunteer barred from filming public hearing for Ultratech cement plant

He was detained and his cassette was snatched away at company's behest

Bhushan Steel’s Odisha unit in the dock for illegal expansion

Stock market research firms turn blind eye to the unit’s environmental violations

High court slaps Rs 100 crore fine on Jaypee for flouting green laws

Company asked to dismantle coal-fired power plant in Solan

This is what Lavasa looks like

Why are rail projects above scrutiny in India?

While we have “Project Elephant”, India fails to protect the animals from being mowed down by trains

Trump tears down US climate policy, but America could lose out as a result

US is likely to experience different climate impacts, from coastal flooding and severe storms to drought and wildfires

Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules loses in court, opening a door for new climate rules

The appeals court ruling in the power plant case merely confirms that many of the rollbacks rested on shaky legal grounds. These legal flaws will …

A fine argument

The government says it does not have the power to fine Adani for the damage at Mundra. But it hints the company may still end up spending more …

One-third power plants follow new, strict mercury emission standards in US

The court is yet to give a final verdict on the new standards, after state governments and industries contested them

German company penalised for ‘Bhopal sister’ plant accident in US

A fatal explosion in the pesticide manufacturer’s plant in 2008 had led the US environment agency to draw a parallel with Bhopal gas …

China to probe accuracy of its air pollution data

Some provincial governments have been manipulating figures to meet national standards, says minister

MoEF spells out parameters for identifying inviolate forest areas

Mining would be barred in such pristine forests; 178 forest types graded on a scale of 0 to 100

Volkswagen fraud puts spanner on clean diesel route

The scam has exposed gaps in emissions regulations across regions. India will have to speed up its technology roadmap to clean up diesel and fix …

American air pollution laws: A history of constant amendments

Despite many issues that American air pollution norms have, there is a certain level of merit in the system