Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Fields on fire: Punjab, Haryana farmers start burning paddy stubble to make way for vegetables
NASA shows 222 incidents of stubble burning in September; Amritsar, Tarn Taran hotspots
10 highlights from the State of India's Environment report
How India performed on key environment and development issues in 2016
Experts rue Uttar Pradesh pollution board's move to reduce brick kiln pollution
A clear technological roadmap for the brick industry is the need of the hour
Air pollution: WHO report identifies ways to mitigate health hazards
The report talks about ways to reduce the emission of short-lived climate pollutants
Green tax on vehicles made mandatory in Uttar Pradesh
Number of vehicles in Noida has increased by three folds between 2004 and 2012
Green tax on vehicles made mandatory in UP
Toxic city
Breathing poison
Transport travails
Just another charade
Yet again, automobile manufacturers shy away from the responsibility of reducing emissions
The polluting rich
Clean air agenda
The European Commission adopts a comprehensive plan to combat air pollution
SENEGAL
Poison in the air
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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 25, 2023)
CSE-DTE release 2023 State of India’s Environment report
The annual report covers wide gamut of topics like climate change, agriculture and industry to water, plastics, forests and biodiversity
IQAir Report: Take the findings with a pinch of salt, says expert
Many developing countries, unlike India, do not have proper air monitoring systems; if they did, India's ranking would be better
Kochi: Brahmapuram fire exposes outdated waste management practices in Kerala cities
In Brahmapuram, in all probability, the blaze broke out from thick layers of dry plastic waste heaped for several years
Delayed paddy plantation has cascading effect on north India’s air pollution: Harvard University
Delhi and other parts of the region can experience lesser pollution if certain districts of Punjab do not delay planting paddy, say researchers
NGT orders closure of 69 industrial areas
Continued polluting activities are criminal offences under the law of the land, the tribunal said in its order