The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday directed Sesa Goa to forthwith stop dumping mining waste near Advalpal rivulet. The Division Bench comprising Justice B P Dharmadhikari and Justice U D Salvi, on pursuing the report submitted by the expert committee, issued direction to stop dumping of mining rejects immediately to contain flooding of the area and destruction of paddy fields.

HATSINGIMARI, June 19: A picture of emptiness is engulfing the fertile lands of Mankachar Land Revenue circle in Dhubri district on the outskirts of the West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya where agriculture is being badly effected due to the growing number of quarries in the hills.

Environment ministry has made it clear that no permission will be granted for diverting coal field areas which are not on the

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today joined hands to solve the country

Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi June 19, 2009, 0:01 IST

Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh's decision to allow coal mining in all

In a bid to double coal production in the country by ensuring speedy environmental approvals to miners, the government is planning to limit coal mining activities to degraded forest areas.

Currently, coal mining is allowed in India both on degraded as well as non-degraded land areas subject to environmental approval from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).

Authorities in China aim to halt the spread of the desert in Tibet by next year, hoping to stem the effects of years of mining, tree-felling and overgrazing, state media said on Thursday
Desertification is spreading by 98,000 acres annually in Tibet, an official at the regional forestry bureau was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency