Odisha miners to pay royalty for tribal welfare
State CM approves formulation of new mining regulation; funds to be used for local infrastructure in Scheduled Areas
Long march against coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh
The project in collaboration with India is next door to the ecologically sensitive Sundarbans
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
Jagan received Rs 1,172 crore as bribes from investors: CBI
In turn, industries and investors got land, mining leases and concessions from the state government
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
New national steel policy in the offing
Policy to propose 14 rail projects, seven road projects and four ports for transportation of minerals
Environmental fallout of cooperation
Whether energy cooperation will benefit the environment or create problems in South Asia depends largely on whether hydropower is considered …
Tibetan landscape may soon disappear
In the 1980s, when very few people visited Tibet, Michael Buckley, an Australian settled in Canada, wrote the first Lonely Planet guide to the …
How Bellary was laid waste
Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …
Theirs to mine?
This is the question angry and beleaguered tribals in Orissa and Jharkhand are asking, as mining companies set up shop in the midst of their land …
Treasure in troubled land
International aid has supported the economy of Afghanistan for 12 years. With aid flow gradually declining, the war-torn country will now have to …
Secretive tribunals, hidden damages
Canadian academic Gus Van Harten is well known for his efforts to reform the global investment treaty regime through his research papers, …
India’s many investment treaties make it vulnerable
Senior international lawyer Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, who heads the investment programme of the International Institute on Sustainable …