More than a third of Germany's electricity is still produced by burning coal - mostly dirty brown lignite - and environmental activists are fighting to change this. A small area of forest not far ...

As the forest biomass industry is booming, so is the frequent cutting of standing forests to supply wood pellets to be burned in converted coal power plants, say experts. The forest biomass industry ...

Back in 2012, the Hasdeo Aranya forest in Chhattisgarh state and its 657 bio-diversity rich square miles (1,071km sq) were under threat, thanks to its massive coal deposits - totalling an ...

In a decisive operation, the Lekhapani Forest Range Office under the Digboi Forest Division apprehended five illegal coal ...

Coal India Limited (CIL) will develop 36 projects, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) will open seven new mines, and ...

In a decisive action against illegal coal mining, the Lekhapani Forest Range Office apprehended four labourers engaged in ...