Against slavery of a new kind

What a waste

Bottled water is heavily taxing the world's ecosystem

District Mineral Foundation has over Rs 11,000 crore to invest in mining-affected districts

However, funds are yet to be sanctioned for development programmes in most districts

Drying up

New evolutionary law explains how living beings, minerals & species evolve

In the early years of the Solar System, Earth was home to 20 minerals, which evolved to almost 6,000 known minerals today

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Troubled waters

Bisleri asked to stop production and supply from two Mumbai units

Worth undermined

SMALL-SCALE MINING: A GLOBAL OVERVIEW Edited by Ajoy K Ghose Oxford and IBH Publishing

Double disregard

Pakistan court supports environment against Nestle, US troops

Withdrawal symptom

A malaise called non-regulation

Only four of 12 mineral-rich states collect funds for mining-impacted areas

It has been nearly a year since the Central government notified new mining rules mandating collection of funds for development of mining-impacted …

Look back at the decade: Geopolitics

At the end of the second decade of the millenium no one knows how human activity would affect its pristine ecology

Online Pure hype

DMF best practices: Are DMFs actually functioning to their potential and promise?

The answer is no for the most part, according to a new report of the Centre for Science and Environment

Filtering the fine print

The confusion resulting from reports about pesticides in bottled water and soft drinks saw a few companies sneak-ride upon the concerns of the …

Advantage Magnesium

The lightweight metal will replace several uses of aluminium in the car industry

Enhancing prosperity through resource efficiency in India

We need to enhance resource efficiency and promote the use of secondary raw materials as a strategy to minimise the potential trade-off between …

David Manely on the Fallout of Dipping Oil Prices

David Manely is an economic analyst with Natural Resource Governance Institute, United Kingdom

Bottled water norms not in place

On April 1 this year the revised norms for bottled water should have come into force, but didn't. By missing the deadline -- which ironically …

'Ours naturally!'

Chhattisgarh DMF amendments to empower mining-affected people: CSE

Chhattisgarh, which has more than Rs 4,200 crore in DMF Trust, became the first state in July 2019, to amend DMF rules  

Centre starts reviewing National Mineral Policy following Supreme Court directions

The apex court directed revision of the policy for better mining practices and regulation  

"Mahua memoirs", a documentary

DOCUMENTARY>> MAHUA MEMOIRS directed by Vinod Raja produced in collaboration with Equations and HIVOS regional office

Districts must identify mining-affected people to keep DMF funds targeted

Not identifying them deprives potential beneficiaries of nearly Rs 29,000 crore

Odisha's mines may power the country, but what about its people?

Mining has not yielded commensurate dividends to life in Odisha