Choked on salt

Illegal salt making threatens Sambhar Lake’s ecology

Supreme Court allows reopening of 90 more mines in Karnataka subject to conditions

Leases of 51 mines cancelled; embargo on new leases lifted

Chidambaram leaves Bhopal gas disaster survivors disappointed

Survivors' organisations demand corrections in curative petition

Andhra Pradesh High Court firm on not lifting stay on sand mining

Exempts state-owned Singareni Collieries

Scientists get legal notice for highlighting health hazards of endosulfan

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28

Four-stroke complements CNG

Converting two-stroke autorickshaw engines to CNG not wise

Partial ban

New rules ban metalised plastic only in tobacco sachets

Return of village land

Supreme Court asks states to evict illegal occupants of village commons

THE ROW GOES ON

Making CETPs work

The pollution commons

CETPs: in fashion

In Short

IN SHORT

South asia

Waste-to-energy plant in Vijaywada shuts down

Tawa Matsya Sangh, fishing co-operative in Madhya Pradesh, loses licence

Heavy metal

Thin end of wedge

Why Vedanta's success will be bad news

Big impact

Mining will tax area's natural resources

The Bhopal legacy: reworking corporate liability

Battle for Niyamgiri turns ugly

Odisha government tries to manipulate forest rights claims of Niyamgiri tribals

The MoEF-NHAI roadblock

Two Central government arms fight over de-linking of forest, environment clearances

SC gives Centre six weeks to file response on illegal clinical trials

Around 2,000 people who underwent clinical trials in India have died since 2008

Pesticide manufacturers want to export more endosulfan

Apex court asks them to file application