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Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)’s notification on July 11, 2025, relaxing the 2015 mandate for Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) systems in coal-based thermal power plants...
Assam gas -well blowout: 11 days on, threat to humans and animals remains high
Oil India Limited announced Rs. 30,000 per affected family as compensation but has failed to bring the leak under control
LG Polymers India has Absolute Liability: NGT on Vizag Gas Leak
The Tribunal also directed the state chief secretary to take appropriate action against the people responsible for the failure of law in permitting the company to operate without statutory clearances.
Cyclone Nisarga to hit western coast: Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat in its path
Weaker than Cyclone Amphan, it is expected to make landfall in Maharashtra by June 3
Help the Sundarbans recover from the impact of Cyclone Amphan
The Paschim Radhanagar Sundarban Jana Sramajibi Manch is working with allied organizations towards the relief and rehabilitation of those affected by the cyclone in Sundarbans
The Adivasi cannot live without the forest: Dayamani Barla
As dilution of land and labour rights continues unabated, journalist and tribal rights activist Dayamani Barla explains why sustainable development is the way forward
Raging inferno Jharia treads on hot coals as Centre opens up mining for private sector
The district in Jharkhand has India’s largest coal reserves and is infamous for its underground fires
Vapi Industries Association wants Gujarat Pollution Board to relax environmental clearance norms
Environmentalists slam demand, say shameful that insincere industries can pressure the government
All Assam Students’ Union protests coal mining in Dehing Patkai forest
The Dehing Patkai forest is also known as the Amazon of the East
The humanitarian crisis that Cyclone Amphan leaves behind
Government predicts there has been a loss of Rs. 1 lakh crore in West Bengal due to the cyclone
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