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

Climate change increasing threats from Vibrio bacteria: Study

Warming catalyses antimicrobial resistance

We are all consuming a deadly cocktail of medicine residue

Reports suggest such is the medicine residue in water bodies that fish is changing character; oral contraceptive residue makes them ‘feminised’

New Lancet health report lists how bad climate change can hit India

Expect more malnutrition as yield potential of key crops shrink

Blast in Anpara D power station

Hydrogen leakage from generator suspected to have caused blast

Ten zero-waste cities: Bandung’s slow but steady drive to reduce its trash

Indonesia’s third-largest city is not fully zero-waste yet. But its journey is inspirational

India failed to benefit from free trade agreements with Asean: Report

The report, prepared by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said India’s trade had increased since it entered into FTAs with Asean

New technique may help recycle used tyres

Devulcanisation of rubber is a better way of repurposing used rubber. The few conventional methods to devulcanize rubber material are prone to toxic emissions and yield a very low degree of devulcanization in the end

Do you know what Arrokoth is?

This is the official name of a world humanity would be proud of

Only 13 of 132 largest energy cos committed to net zero emissions: Study

The research reveals that the global energy sector has hardly achieved any progress in achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement, four years after it was signed

Global supply chains major user of child labour: UN report

Asian region has highest child labour in global supply chains

Delhi on the verge of another air emergency

Stubble burnings have seen a decreasing trend, but the air quality of Delhi was 'severe' and poised to turn worse

Ten zero-waste cities: How Taguig in the Philippines became clean

Down To Earth profiles ten cities across the globe which have got rid of their waste problem using the ‘zero waste model’

Bulbul could have damaged Sundarbans more than Aila but for the low tides

High tide would have meant saline water inundating the delta area

How Haryana cut stubble burning this season

Distributing crop residue disposal machines, spreading awareness among farmers and increased sowing of Basmati rice brought about the good results

Fresh drive to close gaps on health issues facing women and girls

Local capacities critical to making a difference must be strengthened

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (November 4 – 12)

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

Ill health is pushing people to suicides, mental illness among top worries

More than a sixth of suicides in India in 2016 due to health reasons

Delhi should be ready for 'severe' air again

Northwesterlies bring in stubble burning fumes into capital; low temperature, slow winds keep them trapped

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 11, 2019)

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

No, Delhi has not sent its smog Chennai's way: Experts

Local, meteorological factors are responsible for Tamil Nadu's capital developing conditions similar to its notorious northern counterpart