Breathless Bangalore

Experts criticise the Karnataka government for its inability to clean up the city's air

Follow Up

Uttar Pradesh's terai experiences untimely fog

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Atmospheric scientist V Ramanathan on brown clouds

London's parking charges will now be based on emissions

Do it when crops don't

Sun screened

Pollution joins clouds, blocks sunlight over India

Stockholm Convention to take final call on 5 Persistent Organic Pollutants

United Nations Environment Programme’s proposal to list chlorpyrifos as POP was resisted by India

World Environmental Health Day: Green issues need to be actively taught in schools, universities

Supreme Court in 1991 had directed environment be taught compulsorily at every level of education

Climate change-driven wildfires, heatwaves to worsen air quality & levy additional ‘climate penalty’

Surface ozone levels are expected to increase across heavily polluted areas, particularly in Asia

Change the climate now

Now that the rich are also being hit by climate change & the “attribution” is clear, the targets for the world’s anger will …

Fuel efficiency standards: Did Centre buckle under pressure from industry?

The government has stalled standards that could have made heavy-duty vehicles guzzle and pollute less. Is it hand-in-glove with the industry or …

Walking and good roads a fundamental right: Bombay HC

In most Indian cities, pedestrians outnumber vehicle users. Yet, they remain invisible in policy action

Nearly 3 billion people risk ill health and death from household pollution: Study

Ill effects on health include respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, asthma, lung cancer and other ailments

China announces 10 per cent tax break for electric cars

At least 30 per cent of the vehicles bought for use by the state from 2014 to 2016 will be electric powered or clean energy based, says government

Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2019: The order of change

To resolve environmental problems, we need a change in mindset, empirical studies, implementation, monitoring and follow-ups, says Justice Madan …

Smell good, breathe bad: How scented products add to air pollution

Use of hair sprays, hand sanitisers etc emit the same amount of chemical vapours as petroleum from vehicles, even though 15 times more petroleum …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 12, 2023)

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

Biomass pellets: CPCB’s revised grants highly inadequate to close demand-supply gap

CPCB has underestimated the cost of setting up a pellet manufacturing unit, say experts

Smoke from wildfires may have added over 700 COVID-19 deaths to US toll

More than 19,742 COVID-19 cases are associated with spike in PM 2.5 levels due to wildfires 

Concentration of air pollutants significantly increasing over India: IPCC

Just effective decarbonisation policies not enough to bring SO2, NO2, O3 and NH3 to safe levels; clean energy and waste management would be needed

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 19-24)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 29, 2019)

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

More than 12 million deaths due to unhealthy environment in 2012, says WHO

One in every four deaths across the world can be attributed to environment-related factors