Undermined

Ordinance to reform the mining sector will do more harm than good

The word is management

Maharashtra’s new Sugarcane Price Control Board to meet this week

Farmers expect conflict over sugarcane prices to abate with the new board in place

Green tribunal asks ministry to set noise levels for sirens, horns

Says states should notify the new standards within a month

Cauvery dispute: Karnataka asked to release a third of the water in its reservoirs

Formula for sharing water in rain deficit years remains elusive

Cabinet dilutes new mining bill

Alters provision on sharing of profits with affected people

A divided house

Bombay HC halts work at Mulund-Thane SEZ

Asks project proponent to immediately stop dumping solid waste to reclaim land 

Planning Commission report on groundwater downplays industrial exploitation

Interview: Ravi Aggarwal on different aspects of chemical regulation

Cancer state

The pesticide is the point

The CMZ notification

Radioactive contamination rises to record levels in Fukushima

Increase in radioactivity blamed on the recent typhoon, Phanfone

Microfinance institutions escape charge of abetting suicide of clients

Police have closed a third of the micro loans-related suicide cases in Andhra Pradesh

Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds

Pesticide-ridden Punjab to begin cancer registration

Companies fined heavily for mining over limit in Odisha

State authorities send notices to 103 mines

National Green Tribunal stays thermal power plant in Gujarat

Asks project proponent to obtain environmental clearances

Kolkata revokes earlier order, restricts cycling ban to 62 roads

On some roads in the ban list, restriction on cyclists will be only during day time

EPA approves controversial pesticide

Cancel bauxite mining agreements in tribal area: Union tribal minister urges Andhra Pradesh governor

'Mining plans cause growth of extremism in the Scheduled tribal areas'

China bans five pesticides

POSCO gets green signal

Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO

Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states

Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement