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Suit against dam

Nuclear plant triggers panic

People stall soil testing

Supreme Court allows canal work

Overrules high court on Narmada irrigation projects

Green Mission: raise forests, sink CO2

Protect biodiversity too, say experts  

MoEF challenges penalty on it for allowing industries to function near Kaziranga

Appeal to Supreme Court says Assam government responsible for implementing notification on no-development zone around national park

Colonial hangover persists

Forest Act Amendment Bill maintains the forest department as the supreme controlling agency

Forest fires in India tripled in the last four months

Five southern states account more than a third of fires in 2019

What is MoEF&CC’s compliance module for environmental clearance all about?

The latest notification by the ministry is a step forward in streamlining the process; but some gaps remain

Environment ministry relaxed NOx norms; but did it need to?

Hindalco has demonstrated that it is feasible to achieve the limits that were watered down

Implement the Biological Diversity Act in its true spirit

It is high time the Centre and states did so. It would save India from a number of avoidable problems

New E-waste rules announced

Compared to the E-Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2011, these seem to be a welcome change.

Power producers want government to relax norms for thermal power plants

The new norms announced late last year by the environment ministry have made domestic power producers anxious

Bitter ABS medicine for AYUSH

Manufacturers cry foul as they receive notices from state boards to pay royalty

Investment trick

How ecologically damaging projects are perpetuating a fallacy

Bamboo now a minor forest produce

MOEF defination of waste, material etc. skewed

GRECL gets nod for project

Sighting of leopard in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills raises debate on mining

Diversion route

States may get back CAMPA money

Row over uranium mining in Meghalaya

Mining rights subject to closure plan

The word is management