environmentalists in Karnataka allege that there has been a large-scale violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (crz) notification in the state. Surveys conducted by the

Indiscriminate sand mining from the beds of several rivers in Kerala for the past several years has reached such a stage that if no remedial measures are taken, the very existence of a number of

Mr Justice Mr Guru Sharan Prasad of Jharkhand High Court will head a three-member court of inquiry to find the causes and circumstances that led to the Bagdighi mine disaster on 2 February, in which

Illegal mining of quartzite is going on in the ecologically fragile terrain around the historic Surajkund despite the Supreme Court ban on any mining or construction activity in the

A MEF proposal wants to do away with environmental clearance for small scale mining

US-based activists and representatives from the Indian Association of Occupational Health (IAOH) called for a ban on all activities relating to mining, manufacture, use and trade in asbestos at a

Shamah village in Paonta tehsil is sinking everyday. According to villagers, for the past 15 years, they have been tense and after the earthquake disaster rocked Gujarat, they have been spending

The authorities in southern China have shut down 2,945 coal mines over the last two years for allegedly ignoring safety rules and fouling the environment, the official Xinhuan news agency

The Orissa government took a quiet decision to lease out huge bauxite reserves to Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd (Balco) just a few days before the Union government finalized the company's privatization on

Chile's National Environmental Committee (Conama) yesterday said it has approved an environmental impact statement for a $77 million project to leach low-grade ore at the El Abra copper mine.