Changing basic nature

Countries move from labs to seas to study the implications of ocean acidification

Nagpur citizens oppose power tariff hike, load shedding

Hike proposed is fifth in a year; people blame power distributor for not recovering dues from the powerful

Environmental degradation draining Pakistan’s economy: survey

Increasing urbanisation is causing air, water pollution

How Goa managed to ban PoP idols

State's carrot and stick policy makes ban effective

Goa's mining problems

Unhealthy foods should be eliminated from schools, says WHO report

World Health Assembly accepts recommendations of the commission on ending childhood obesity

Farmers affected by Karur’s dye industry to exercise NOTA

Group has 1,750 farmers says pollution from industries has reduced them to poverty and political parties in power ignored their repeated pleas

Steel lobby locks horns with mining firms in Karnataka

Three years after the mining scam that rocked the country, steel producers and mining companies accuse each other of forming cartels to control …

Madras High Court stays implementation of some provisions of Food Safety Act

Traders have been protesting the Act saying it is impractical and harsh

Vizag gas leak: Govt report details short and long-term impact on nearby areas

The gas leak resulted in several impacts on the health of the people who lived in five villages located near the chemical plant managed by the&…

Shah Commission wound up before it could probe illegal mining in Chhattisgarh

As environmental groups appeal against termination of commission, Supreme Court asks government to respond by November 18

Court revoking ban on cough remedy worries health activists

They say continuing availability of the drug poses health risk

Vizag gas leak: Curtain calls on the accountability of LG Polymers

Lapses in managing styrene monomer gas in the plant and lack of timely emergency response measures led to the styrene gas leak

SC's expert panel says limited iron ore mining can be allowed in Goa

Recommends strong regulatory mechanism should be in place before mining is resumed; industry cheers over possible lifting of one-and-a-half year-…

KG basin gas row: Andhra high court issues notices to Reliance, Centre

Petition seeks court-monitored CBI probe into gas field allocation, gas pricing and related matters

Khadi Industries gets flak for wanting to promote ivory production

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau says proposal to include ivory production and trade under prime minister's employment scheme violates wildlife law

LIC’s unhealthy choice

Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry 

Gutter will sparkle

Ludhiana is going all out to clean up Buddha Nallah, the sole receptacle of its industrial filth

Andhra Pradesh cancels land allotted for SEZ in Anantapur

The company, Lepakshi Knowledge Hub Limited, mortgaged land for bank loans violating MoU

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

'Corporate India needs to rethink growth'

The Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development Works, set up jointly by the Confederation of Indian Industries and ITC Limited, helps …

When the vital cables gave way

Odisha has jeopardized agriculture to favour industry: CAG draft report

State went on MoU signing spree without considering food security and livelihood of people

The small big polluter

Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective …

Empty posts in Uttar Pradesh’s Pollution Control Board are affecting implementation of green laws in state

UP one of the most industrialised states, has about 14.2% of the total MSMEs in country