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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2025)

11 hours ago

3 min read

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Forests

Coal mining approved in Maharashtra tiger corridor

Himanshu Nitnaware

14 hours ago

2 min read

Environment ministry secretary says area ‘already broken’, backs clearance with conditions

Environment

DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

DTE Staff

12 Jul 2025

2 min read

Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2025)

DTE Staff

11 hours ago

3 min read

Forests

Coal mining approved in Maharashtra tiger corridor

Himanshu Nitnaware

14 hours ago

2 min read

Environment

DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

DTE Staff

12 Jul 2025

2 min read

Processed material can be seen at a stone crusher site along the Ganga’s stretch from Raiwala to Bhogpur in Dehradun, though a report by the Central Pollution Control Board says stone crushing was not actively taking place at the site during its inspection

Mining

Close call: CPCB report confirms illegal mining on the Ganga river in Dehradun

Sukriti Vats

12 Jul 2025

4 min read

Sharavathi Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka is home to approximately 700 endangered lion-tailed macaques.

Environment

In-principle nod to Sharavathi Valley hydel project in endangered lion-tailed macaque sanctuary

Himanshu Nitnaware

11 Jul 2025

4 min read

Rivers

Why Europe is in a hurry to dismantle river-blocking dams and weirs

DTE Staff

11 Jul 2025

3 min read

Energy

India marks 4,000% growth in solar capacity over past decade: Union industry minister

DTE Staff

11 Jul 2025

3 min read

Food

Experts warn UN over blanket trans fat ban that could undermine nutrition in developing countries

Shagun

11 Jul 2025

3 min read

Forests

Despite Supreme Court order, government nod to clear over 8,500 hectares of forest in six months

Himanshu Nitnaware

11 Jul 2025

4 min read

Daily Heat Tracker: Chennai records highest night-time temperature

Climate Change

Daily Heat Tracker: Puducherry, Chennai record highest day-time temperatures

Shagun

11 Jul 2025

Economy

BRICS rallies Global South cooperation as it sees western influence wane

Trishant Dev

11 Jul 2025

3 min read

Climate Change

Once-in-a-billion event: Intense marine heatwave in Mediterranean shocks with 8°C warming

Akshit Sangomla

11 Jul 2025

4 min read

Climate Change

Historic 2023-2025 droughts killed people, devastated crops & trade routes across globe

Shagun

03 Jul 2025

5 min read

Climate Change

UN report finds droughts, global heating drove mass wildlife deaths in Africa and Amazon in last 2 years

Himanshu Nitnaware

03 Jul 2025

4 min read

Africa

How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues

Alexander Richard Braczkowski

02 Jul 2025

4 min read

Africa

African women are key to fighting climate change — these are the green skills they will need

Ogechi Adeola

01 Jul 2025

4 min read

Africa

Africa’s development banks being undermined: Continent will pay the price

Danny Bradlow

30 Jun 2025

4 min read

Africa

Zambia runs on mostly green power, but households use polluting cooking fuel: Study suggests how to fix this

Mulako Dean Mukelabai

26 Jun 2025

4 min read

Science & Technology

How did early humans successfully colonise beyond Africa? Their spread in various African climes gave them a unique ‘ecological flexibility’, says research

Rajat Ghai

25 Jun 2025

2 min read

Africa

Right to water is out of reach for many South Africans: Case study offers solutions

Thembinkosi Twalo

25 Jun 2025

4 min read

Down To Earth

Top news

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2025)

Coal mining approved in Maharashtra tiger corridor

DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2025)

Coal mining approved in Maharashtra tiger corridor

DTE Palette: 4 books you should read this week

Close call: CPCB report confirms illegal mining on the Ganga river in Dehradun

In-principle nod to Sharavathi Valley hydel project in endangered lion-tailed macaque sanctuary

Why Europe is in a hurry to dismantle river-blocking dams and weirs

India marks 4,000% growth in solar capacity over past decade: Union industry minister

Experts warn UN over blanket trans fat ban that could undermine nutrition in developing countries

Despite Supreme Court order, government nod to clear over 8,500 hectares of forest in six months

Daily Heat Tracker: Puducherry, Chennai record highest day-time temperatures

BRICS rallies Global South cooperation as it sees western influence wane

Once-in-a-billion event: Intense marine heatwave in Mediterranean shocks with 8°C warming

World

Historic 2023-2025 droughts killed people, devastated crops & trade routes across globe

UN report finds droughts, global heating drove mass wildlife deaths in Africa and Amazon in last 2 years

How does Marburg virus spread between species? Young Ugandan scientist’s photos give important clues

African women are key to fighting climate change — these are the green skills they will need

Africa’s development banks being undermined: Continent will pay the price

Zambia runs on mostly green power, but households use polluting cooking fuel: Study suggests how to fix this

How did early humans successfully colonise beyond Africa? Their spread in various African climes gave them a unique ‘ecological flexibility’, says research

Right to water is out of reach for many South Africans: Case study offers solutions