The panel rejected the state government-controlled power generation company’s contention that disclosing the documents would serve no public purpose.

Food supply chains will get disrupted globally, the study warns. The report is to be officially released in August.

Nearly two-thirds of the country's area has recorded either deficient or highly deficient rains, which has caused stress in rural India and water shortages in cities.

Kant pitched the order as a debate over a balance between development and environment, but got several facts about the case and judgment wrong.

They called the Supreme Court order ‘unjust’ to the tribals as well as against the interest of wildlife conservation in India.

The apex court has given states till July 27 to evict tribals based on a petition filed by wildlife groups questioning the validity of the Forest Rights Act.

State governments would have to undertake mass evictions if the court accepts a petition filed by wildlife groups.

Uttarakhand had asked him to share Rs 20.4 million out of Rs 4.21 billion revenue with tribals and farmers who conserve the bioresources his company exploits commercially.

However, on the Green India Mission, India is receding further from its target rather than improving.

The tribunal has left it to the erring authorities to deal with the illegalities.

The NDA government made an interpretation to green regulations in December 2014, which helped particular plants such as that of Vedanta's at Tuticorin to be built without consulting people of the project-affected area.

In the name of Corporate Environment Responsibility, smaller projects will pay more as a percentage of their capex than bigger ones.

The Central Electricity Authority has given the plants two- to five-year reprieve from adhering to the strict air pollution standards that come into force this year.

Protecting and conserving the environment is a dirty and difficult job.

India, not obliged so far by the climate convention to bind itself to climate action, has for long internationally argued that its actions are targeted towards energy security.

The decision to substantially alter the energy mix that powers India in future is likely to be taken at the Union Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

The Indian government has committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 33-35% of its 2005 levels by 2030.

Q&A with Ashok Lavasa, Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change.

"The developed world has used coal for centuries, they have polluted the world and suddenly they wake up and tell us – you don't use coal."

But dismisses calls for taking on US' burden of financial obligations or higher emission reductions.