Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 14, 2023)

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

Run-up to CoP27: Parents revive demand to cut fossil fuel financing, urge leaders to prioritise child health

Last year a delegation of mothers presented a letter signed by over a million parents to the CoP president

NGT judgement on Okhla waste plant: no lessons learned

National Green Tribunal has, once again, made clear that it advocates a centralised system for waste processing which may not serve a long-term …

Pollution from Asia intensifying Pacific storms: study

Scientists say pollution from Asia is likely leading to stronger cyclones in the mid-latitudes of the Pacific, more precipitation, and a faster …

Smog and health of aam aadmi

The mandate is clear. Delhi will have to fulfill the 12th Five Year Plan target of meeting the ambient air quality standards by the end of the …

For cleaner air

The US Environment Protection Agency has launched new air pollution standards for particulate matter. Industry will have to gear up

Children under threat !

Rising cases of respiratory ailments in children, due to air pollution, fail to stir the Indian government

Fighting for a cause

K N Narayana Pillai, 75, is an ordinary citizen who has been suffering because of pollution from an industrial unit operating beside his house. …

Pollution of Hinduisim

Simply put it is an amazing gap between theory and practice. Yet it is one of the main reasons why India's environment is as degraded as it is …

In court

South Asia

Pollution threatens Taj Mahal

Despite crores being spent on its upkeep, air and water pollution continue to threaten the Taj Mahal

Green tribunal panel finds ash from Okhla plant 'truly hazardous'

Tribunal directs waste management company to control emissions, record plastic content of waste

Towers of pollution

60 per cent of telecom towers in India are powered by diesel

MONEYMAKERS

Accidental radioactivity

From the birds

The link between acid rain and avian waste

Gas distress

Best among the worst

WHO identifies top 10 health risk factors

Poll posturing

Down To Earth gauges the ground reality before assembly elections

Air pollution worse

Three times greater risk to health than believed

China's agenda to tackle climate change

Logistics giant DHL goes eco-friendly

New York mayor announces plans to make city green

Tourism plans for Andamans go on, tsunami notwithstanding