Whose EIA draft is it anyway — people or project proponents?
The draft Environmental Impact Assessment reflects technocratic language, as it makes public consultation a tertiary issue and focuses on …
CSE honours over 100 greenest schools in India
Over 700 schools participated in Green Schools Programme; Himachal Pradesh bags the Best Green State Award
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
As told to Parliament (December 19, 2022): No evidence to link poor AQI in NCR with green cracker burning
Delhi-NCR air quality in October, November 2022 best in 7 years, Ashwini Kumar Choubey tells Lok Sabha
Draft EIA 2020: How it may impact North East
The region, with eight per cent of India’s total geographical area, has 25 per cent of India’s forest cover
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 27-31, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
What 241 scientists said in their letter on airborne COVID-19 transmission
Here is the full transcript of the letter to the World Health Organization
Placing stone crushers in ‘green’ category will create a huge environmental mess
CPCB draft report on classification of industries intends to shift stone crushing to green category from orange
As told to Parliament (March 13, 2023): 19% PM2.5 emissions in Indo-Gangetic Plains come from households
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chandigarh and Delhi emit 437 gigagrams PM2.5 per year through household cooking
Carbon pricing works to reduce emissions, says study
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in countries that have carbon pricing are two percentage points lower than those that …
COVID-19: Researchers develop portable, battery-operated ventilator
The device, called AirBridge, works as a bridge for a few hours to a few days before conventional ventilation is provided
Presence of mercury in birds near thermal power plants in Maharashtra paves way for modern analysis
Fly ash generated by TPPs is one of the ways mercury is released into the environment. Fly ash is usually disposed in ash ponds in the form of …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 28, 2020)
2023 is on track to be warmest year on record, 2024 could see further increase in temperatures: Study
Human-induced climate change, El Nino influence likely
As told to Parliament (December 13, 2022): 130 sq km of forest land set to be diverted in Great Nicobar Island
Mitigation measures have been proposed for the ‘sustainable development’ projects
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2020)
CSE analysis finds Delhi-NCR winter pollution levels down in October-November
Warmer October, fewer crop fires & favourable meteorological conditions help improve bad air
Post-COVID clean cooking schemes: Beyond financial barriers in rural households
Beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana availed 1.62 refills in the first 5 months of COVID-19 pandemic against 3 free refills …
Noise pollution violations: New fines proposed by CPCB step in right direction
New set of fines range between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1 lakh; cover confiscation of noise producing equipment
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 23, 2020)
COVID-19 airborne transmission possible in some indoor settings: WHO
Asymptomatic patients can pass on virus, extent unknown
COVID-19: How to avoid super-spreading events on the metro
COVID-19 hit public transit systems in New York, US and London, UK badly, causing several deaths
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 29-July 3, 2020)
A sneak-peek into a renewable energy-powered future
Electrification of end-use sectors through variable renewable energy is an emerging solution. Increasing the deployment of distributed energy …