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

Number of vehicles in Noida has increased by three folds between 2004 and 2012

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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Bytes

Road to 2030: Why sand & dust storms pose challenge to achieving multiple SDGs

Halfway to 2030, the situation is dire since the world is not on track and the progress on key goals, especially SDG 13 (on climate action), has …

Apocalyptic skies: Canadian wildfires posing huge health risks

Estimated 115 million people impacted; health dangers shocking indictment of failures over climate change, says Amnesty International

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 25, 2023)

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

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