Smells toxic

Why Punjab’s short-duration paddy varieties have not solved stubble burning

Promoted by the government, short-duration varieties now dominate Punjab’s paddy landscape and allow farmers enough time to clear the field …

COVID-19: How to balance people’s safety and mobility

The major challenge in India post-lockdown is going to be maintaining people’s mobility without compromising safety

Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Smoke and mirrors

Cleaning Delhi's air needs concerted and year-long action on all fronts; because it concerns our health; our right to breathe

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

Farmers in Punjab are burning stubble as an act of rebellion

They are angry that even as they suffer from farm distress and do not get any proper returns on their labour and produce, the onus of stubble …

Diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage India

Despite the increasing burden respiratory infections and water borne disease, the budgetary allowance for health has steadily dipped in the last …

Gujarat has put just one e-vehicle on the road in last six months: Govt data

Maharashtra, which set a target of registering five lakh EVs by 2022 — an average of 274 vehicles per day — managed only four per day …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 21, 2019)

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

Anil Agarwal Environment Training Institute is one of the greenest campuses in India

The buildings have been designed in a way to maximise thermal comfort while relying less on air conditioning

Lessons from Beijing to Delhi

In just four years, Beijing has improved its air quality by setting time-bound targets and implementing a comprehensive regional action plan

Cyclone Titli weakens after damaging crop, infrastructure

Several places in Odisha have received more than 100 mm rainfall and more is expected

India has warmed rapidly in the past 70 years: study

Global warming is manifesting itself over parts of India in the maximum temperatures observed during the warm pre-monsoon period

About 75 per cent of total deaths due to PM 2.5 take place in rural India: study

In 2015, PM2.5 was responsible for approximately 1.1 million deaths, which is 10.6 per cent of total number of deaths in the country

Shadow of Dieselgate: alarmingly high emissions from diesel cars, SUVs on Indian roads

The first ever real world emissions testing of BSIV cars in India shows alarmingly high real world emission from diesel cars on road, explodes …

The week that was

Round-up of science news from the week that includes a possible vaccine for dengue, cosmic rays in the Milky Way and other news stories

These farmers use paddy straw for income

Instead of burning paddy straw, farmers in Haryana's Panipat district are using it to farm mushrooms. This has eased pollution, too

Asia laid waste

With growing pollution and staggering waste levels, the world's largest continent is fast emerging as the most lucrative hunting ground for firms …

More carbon dioxide spurring plant growth

New measurement techniques show the level of atmospheric oxygen is decreasing in direct proportion to the burning of fossil fuels. These …

Let a thousand wheels rone

The latest environment-friendly moves by China indicate investments in the environment-unfriendly car industry

Green blah

Is the desire for a cleaner environment a mere faddish concern? Some Dutch wisdom goes sour during a recent greenhouse debate

No airing secrets

Scared of losing tourists due to the haze, the Malaysian government makes air quality levels an "official secret"

Gassing around

The bogey of price hike and non-availability of gas might delay action to implement the court order on CNG conversion

In Court

Sops for devil’s engines