The National Green Tribunal (NGT) set aside the closure orders issued by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to MIDC Hingna-based unit while ruling that the issuing officer had no powers to

The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone bench, on Tuesday directed the NMC to rope in new private operator for treating solid waste at Bhandewadi dumping yard by June.

The Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to hand over its wildlife protection plan to the state forest department for study and also d

Even as the state forest department is happy with the marginal rise in tiger numbers from 169 in 2010 to 190 in 2014, are these numbers arrived at by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and Natio

Nagpur: The ministry of environment, forest and climate change seems to be engaged in giving a big push to projects falling within 10km of protected areas (PAs).

Nagpur: The city's environmental status report (ESR) 2013-14, meant to be submitted to the state government, may turn out to be a massive embarrassment for the civic body despite inordinate delay i

The festival of kites proved to be quite a hectic day for wildlife activists who were on their toes, saving birds that got injured due to Chinese manja.

Social organization Shramik Elgar launched 'Bamboo Mukti Satyagraha' on Thursday by chopping bamboos from the forest with the help of villagers of Mohadi.

Nagpur: In a bid to simplify forest clearances to development projects, the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has constituted regional empowered committees (RECs).

NAGPUR: The four-member high-powered committee set up by ministry of environment, forests & climate change (MoEFCC) to study the impact of Human dam project on tiger corridor and provide sugges