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A central meeting showed pushback against tech in power plants to reduce SO2 emissions. Here’s why it’s a bad idea

PUSHBACK TO CLEAN AIR?

Pollution

A central meeting showed pushback against tech in power plants to reduce SO2 emissions. Here’s why it’s a bad idea

New IIT-D study has challenged need for flue gas desulfuphisation in thermal power plants

NEWS AND VIEWS

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Adopt ‘traditional knowledge’ indicators for monitoring global biodiversity framework: Amnesty International

Existing indicators overlook Indigenous rights, fail to recognise these communuities’ …

Africa

Billions are needed for climate adaptation — now some frontline communities are deciding how the money gets spent

Examples from Namibia range from drilling solar-powered borehole pumps for water access to …

Health

Kerala is on high alert as West Nile Virus cases reported from Kozhikode, Thrissur, Malappuram

State recorded outbreak in the past & there is no reason to panic, says Health Minister …

Forests

Early warning systems and controlled burning for forest fire management in talks at UN Forum on Forests

By end of forum on May 10, declaration aims to achieve agreement on a high-level political …

Africa

South Africans are abandoning smallholder farming – history and policy can help explain why

To reverse the trend of declining field cultivation, government policies need to address …

Health

Can changes in Indian Ocean temperatures help predict dengue outbreaks? New paper finds links

Indian Ocean basin-wide index found to be associated to dengue outbreaks in both …

Governance

Femicide: many countries around the world are making the killing of women a specific crime — here’s why it’s needed

UN data shows that, on average, five women or girls are killed every hour by someone in …

Food

Food labels misleading, India’s new dietary guidelines warn

Advisory cautions against 'sugar-free' foods, protein powder; urges consumers to read …

Videos

Wildlife & Biodiversity

The emergence of cicadas in 2024 will rewire ecosystems

Two broods of the insect are appearing simultaneously for the first time in 200 years in North America

Environment

Why are young people migrating from the village where the Chipko Movement started?

Climate Change

Extreme weather strikes on opposite sides of globe in Brazil, Texas, Vietnam & Indonesia

Africa

Kenya Floods: Weeks of heavy rain continue to devastate region

Waste

Ghazipur landfill in Delhi catches fire again. But why?

Climate Change

May Day: Excessive heat putting workers at risk

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Environment

Ghazipur landfill fire: Annual choking hazard for Delhi

Authorities have missed multiple deadlines to clear out the legacy waste from Ghazipur landfill

Africa

Sudan, a country displaced

One of Africa’s largest and most populous countries is on the brink of famine after a year of war between its Army and main paramilitary

Down To Earth video journalists, Prabhat Kumar and Dhruval Parekh, are at the ground zero of the ‘Farmers’ Protest 2.0’. Both were at the Shambhu border crossing between Patiala in Punjab and Ambala in Haryana as hundreds of farmers from Punjab attempted

Agriculture

Farmers’ Protests 2.0: DTE reports from ground zero Shambhu border

DTE video journalists, Prabhat Kumar & Dhruval Parekh, at Shambhu border as Haryana Police fired tear gas on farmers crossing from Punjab

It has been an ‘arid winter’ in the Union Territory of Ladakh. There has been a complete absence of snowfall since November 2023. And it has set alarm bells ringing in the fragile region. This photo shows the Sangam Point near Nimmo village of Leh distric

Climate Change

Ladakh: No snow in the cold desert

The arid winter in the region this time is raising concerns among the local population, as it forebodes a potentially alarming situation

डाउन टू अर्थ

जल संरक्षण

क्या नवी मुंबई में वेटलैंड्स होना एक सपना रह जाएगा?

नवी मुंबई में 15-18 वेटलैंड्स हैं। सिडको की नजर लगभग इन सभी वेटलैंड्स पर है

जैव विविधता

जलवायु परिवर्तन और बढ़ती इंसानी महत्वाकांक्षा की भेंट चढ़ते जुगनू, खतरे में टिमटिमाते जीवों का अस्तित्व

जहां अत्यधिक शुष्क परिस्थितियां जुगनू के लार्वा के अस्तित्व के लिए खतरा पैदा कर रहा है। वहीं नम मौसम प्रजनन क्षेत्र में बाढ़ की वजह बन रहा है जो उनके जीवन चक्र पर असर डाल रहा है

जैव विविधता

डाउन टू अर्थ खास: प्रतिबंध के बावजूद नहीं थम रहा है प्रवासी पक्षियों का शिकार

प्रवासी पक्षियों का शिकार करने पर साल 1972 से ही पूर्ण प्रतिबंध है, लेकिन इसके बावजूद कश्मीर घाटी के वेटलैंड्स (आर्द्रभूमि) में इन पक्षियों का शिकार बदस्तूर जारी है

Data Centre

Climate Change

Islands of heat

CSE study shows how Indian urban centres are trapping more heat due to built-up landscapes, in turn impacting health

Waste

Global stances on various facets of plastic pollution

As the fourth round of talks begin in Ottawa for a global plastic treaty, CSE analyses positions taken by various countries on plastics

Environment

The ground beneath our feet

Why soil health and biodiversity matters for the survival of the planet

Water

Parched Garden City

How Bengaluru’s water crisis is of its own making

Factsheet

Governance

Lok Sabha 2024: Is it too hot to vote?

DTE analyses if there is a direct correlation between rising temperatures and a decrease in voter turnout

Sunita Narain's Desk

Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets