UN Africa panel flags vulnerability to road deaths

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says Zimbabwe is the most unsafe, with highest road accident deaths at 34.7 per 100,000 people

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima: And now Zaporizhzhia?

There have been multiple reports of rocket attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ever since Russia occupied it

Best road safety practices from around the world

Countries like India could take its cue from the policies, regulatory framework and institutional capacities developed by European nations, Japan …

Abandoned mine behind highway collapse in West Bengal

Landslide in Goa mine kills six workers

When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege

What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?

Mechanisation of mining operations still an idea in India

Safety the major casualty in mining

Hot Frames

Life in Jharia, Jharkhand where a 90-year-old underground coal fire threatens a whole town

Delhi's accident hot spots

What CSE analysis of accident hotspots identified by Delhi Police revealed

China remains heavily polluted, despite regulations

Yet another white paper but little work on the ground

Mining accounts for more labour deaths

Death by inaction

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 23, 2022)

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

Blowout at Oil India well threatens national park in upper Assam

Condensate from the blowout has covered the water bodies, trees and tea plants near Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

Dredging of river near Chernobyl could spell disaster for 28 million in Ukraine

Pripyat river is being drained as part of the E40 inland navigation project to connect the Baltic and Black Seas

How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster

Japan's nuclear crisis, a warning for India

Sea water being used for the first time to cool the nuclear reactor

Blackbuck haven in Odisha: Protection by locals triple numbers

No poaching case reported in several years in Ganjam district

Elephants unsafe in Odisha

Killing of five elephants in Saturday's train accident takes toll of unnatural deaths of jumbos in past five years up to 194

Need to strengthen post-Fukushima data sharing, say experts

150 experts from 35 IAEA member nations had met in Vienna last week to discuss the issue

Nuclear radiations: how harmful

In Short

Unregulated import of used vehicles bad for Africa: Report

Trade in old and used vehicles from high-income countries causes massive environmental dumping and toxic pollution

Evacuation after Fukushima disaster mishandled, finds survey

Many residents shifted to areas with high radiation; system for issuing safety warnings on radiation failed

Lessons from Japan: Diversify energy options

The nuclear mess in Japan has raised many questions. There were glaring technological errors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A section of US …