National Green Tribunal

Police personnel baton charge at protestors who were demanding the closure of Vedanta's Sterlite Copper unit, in Tuticorin, on Wednesday. Credit: PTI

How Modi Government Helped Vedanta’s Sterlite Plant Bypass Environmental Norms

Nitin Sethi 24/05/2018

The NDA government made an interpretation to green regulations...

There is perhaps no large wild animal that dies unnaturally in such large numbers in single events as do elephants due to collisions with trains. Credit: walterjenny86/pixabay

What Are We Doing to Keep More Elephants From Being Killed by Trains?

Neha Sinha 17/04/2018

What we do now to mitigate the impact of...

Vaiko, party leader of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Credit: PTI

Party Member Attempts Self-Immolation Against Proposed Neutrino Project

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change had...

The boundary wall of the Numaligarh Refinery seen blocking the elephant corridor from Kaziranga National Park. Credit: Samarjit Sharma

Portion of Wall Around Controversial State-Owned Refinery in Assam Pulled Down

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 21/03/2018

The National Green Tribunal had ordered the wall torn...

A rhinoceros at Kaziranga national park, Assam. Credit: subharnab/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Assam Government Sanctions Rs 11 Crore to Curb Roadkills in Kaziranga

The Wire Staff 13/03/2018

The sanctioned amount is earmarked to be used to...

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Why Activists Want IMA’s Waste Treatment Plant in Palakkad to Be Shut Down

Saritha S. Balan 05/03/2018

The plant has allegedly turned out to be hazardous...

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Should a Government Team Accept the Hospitality of a Lohit Hydro Project Developer Agency?

Nivedita Khandekar 27/02/2018

Environmentalists raise concerns over 'conflict of interest' as a...