Go-ahead for Vedanta’s Jharkhand steel plant despite forest encroachment
MoEF&CC regularised 174 hectares encroached forest land in Bokaro in December 2019, after spate of opposition from state forest dept
Palli Sabha at Odisha's Dhinkia opposes steel, cement power plant
Villagers demanded scrapping of proposed power plant over 2,900 acres, which was previously acquired for POSCO's steel project
Mango leaf extract can prevent steel from corroding: Study
In a bid to develop a ‘green’ alternative, researchers from the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, …
Steeled up
Unable to bear pollution any longer, people in Kotdwar force Uttarakhand to commission an independent assessment of steel factories in the region
POSCO unplugged
Sayantan Bera travels to Jagatsinghpur in Odisha to find that villagers labeled ‘pro’ POSCO do not have a choice otherwise
Karnataka sacrifices stones to conserve river sand
State mandates use of manufactured sand in public works, which would result in over-exploitation of another minor mineral and damage to the …
POSCO gets final approval
Environment ministry endorses state government’s claim that there are no forest rights to be settled in the project area
High Court gives Centre four weeks to decide forestland allocation to Essar
Directs demolition of company buildings on forestland near Hazira in case Centre denies approval
Between Maoists and mines
Ho tribals lose hold of Saranda as mining is set to take over the pristine sal forest. A report and photographs by Sayantan Bera
Sponge iron industries are killing fields
The sponge iron industry is growing fast and polluting alarmingly. K Radhika in Chhattisgarh and Maureen Nandini Mitra in Jharkhand and Orissa …
Recycled waste glass can help solve sand shortages
Natural sand is a widely used raw material and has become the second-most widely consumed natural resource on the Earth, after freshwater
Odisha seeks panel nod for forest clearance transfer from POSCO ltd to Jindal Steel
Forest Advisory Committee says Union Environment Ministry will seek legal opinion on the issue
WTO rules against US tariff on Chinese, Indian goods
US had imposed a cess on steel imported from India and on various China-made goods saying their selling prices were too low due to unfair …
Right of way
An upcoming port at Dhamra was cited as the reason for the endangered Olive Ridley turtles giving the Gahirmatha beach a miss last year. This year,…
Smokestacks lightening?
Emissions are bound to increase. The power sector improves, but others will spew more, especially iron and steel
Chhattisgarh activist, Ramesh Agrawal, bags Goldman prize
He used RTI to block big corporations, such as Jindal group, that have mining and steel interests in the state
POSCO villages resist land acquisition by Odisha government
Despite protests administration demolishes 37 betel gardens on the forestland. Land acquistion put on hold till June 17
Opencast expansion at Chhattisgarh mine violates NGT order
The EAC recommended that the coal mine be expanded to 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from 1 MTPA through opencast method
European cycling industry employs 655,000 people
Employment figure in the sector could grow to over one million by 2020 with right investments, says a study commissioned by federation of …
Bomb kills 4 protesters at POSCO steel project site
Crude bomb was allegedly hurled by hired local goons at a group gathered in the backyard of a house to discuss land acquisition
Iron ore pelletisation units must seek green clearance: NGT
Environment ministry and pollution control boards to decide whether existing pelletisation units can continue functioning till they obtain clearance
Green tribunal questions two-stage forest clearance for POSCO
Raises hope of residents, activists who have been opposing the clearance given to the project
Where SAIL's profits come from
State-owned steel giant’s profits are increasingly from raw material subsidies, not real economic value addition
‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why
In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present …
Forest Advisory Committee gets earnest about implementing forest diversion rules, finally
Clarifies that forest diversions will be allowed only if forest rights of affected people are settled and their consent obtained