Ganga in Uttarakhand needs a free flow

Two private and one government owners of dams on the Ganga refuse to follow the upcoming water discharge guidelines necessary for the cleaning and rejuvenation of the river

India’s tribal village infrastructure in a shambles

75% without access to healthcare, 51% without PDS, 52% without piped water

IEA projects rapid increase in installed solar capacity by 2040

However, it expects carbon dioxide emissions to continue rising for decades

World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Looking at the microbe’s rebellion

As antibiotics become ineffective, disease causing microbes are on a rampage

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (November 13 – 17)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Delhi air quality improves a bit

Strong winds help lift AQI to 'poor' from 'severe'

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (November 8-15)

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

Sambhar tragedy: Are birds second class wildlife, ask experts

Not only are bird species not monitored properly but information about instances of their mass death is suppressed, they allege

Only 4 MPs turn up for parliamentary panel meet to discuss Delhi-NCR air pollution

Letter for meeting was issued a week ago

Join the dots for clean air

Delhi’s air pollution crisis has an urgent message: India must have a regional plan to fight the menace

South, Southeast Asia have most of world’s underweight youth: IFAD

Number of those overweight also increasing; more underweights in rural areas 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 15, 2019)

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

Government withdraws proposed changes to Indian Forest Act

Minister Prakash Javadekar said draft created misconception among people

No punitive action to control population, India commits in Nairobi

Global commitment comes at a time when demand for punitive actions have grown back home

Ten zero-waste cities: What makes Penang stand out in waste recycling?

It has the highest recycling rate in Malaysia at 43 per cent

Chloroquine with TB antibiotic may reduce drug resistance

India is home to highest number of drug-resistant TB patients

Delhi air remains 'severe plus'

Emergency persists despite drop in stubble burning 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 14, 2019)

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

Two cases of pneumonic plague reported in northern China

Chinese officials downplay, say both patients are being treated as rules mandate

Shape of the universe: Could it be curved, not flat?

New research places probability of a curved universe at more than 99%

Manual scavenging has gone underground in India: WHO

Most undesirable, high-risk jobs typically subcontracted to temporary, informal workers based on their caste, says new report