Germany is the only industrialised country that is serious about ultimately shutting down all its nuclear reactors and scaling up investment in renewables. Experts say it could provide the map for others to follow More...

Countries around the world promise to learn lessons from Japan’s nuclear disaster and, in India, protests by anti-nuclear activists and locals living in the vicinity of planned nuclear power plants have gathered momentum More...

Courts should ensure that the welfare of people is not sacrificed even when public interest is involved, the Supreme Court observed while ruling on a land acquisition case More...

Posco’s controversial steel and mining project in Orissa, which will uproot thousands of people, gets the nod from the environment ministry albeit with around 50 conditions. But those opposed to the project question whether this is of any use given the country’s traditionally weak monitoring process More...

The high-level National Advisory Council wants better implementation of the Forest Rights Act to ensure tribals receive their entitlements. But the ministry has rejected its proposals More...

Like the Act that gives user and land rights to forest-dwelling communities, a bill guaranteeing similar rights to fishing communities is on the anvil More...

Coastal communities get more rights under new CRZ rules notified by the environment ministry More...

Activists allege that eco-tourism zones in the popular holiday destination have been drawn up to help real estate developers, not the environment More...

A World Bank study has quantified the economic loss of lack of toilets and sanitation facilities in the country at $54 billion, as a consequence of treatment cost for diseases, early deaths, lost productivity, and loss in tourist revenue among other factors More...

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