Highway projects mow down ecolaws
India's road networking plan, one of the few projects that are progressing ahead of schedule, is flouting a number of environmental guidelines
Air pollution killing 620,000 Indians every year: Global Burden of Disease report
Six-fold increase in air pollution-related deaths in the past decade, says report that tracks disease causes across the world
Search for a good hearth
While cook stoves in India are becoming fuel-efficient, they are not improving air quality, finds study
WHO sets emissions standards for reducing indoor air pollution
4.3 million global premature deaths around each year attributed to illnesses caused by household air pollution
West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar experience most polluted winter in three years: CSE report
Problem shifting to smaller cities & towns of the region, analysts note
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 31, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Do not just single out coal
Why should countries of the western world, which have already appropriated the giant share of the carbon budget, be given a free pass on the …
India’s pollution control boards were weakened over the last 14 years, as environment ministry lacks roadmap
Several initiatives were taken since 1984 to strengthen the pollution control boards & committees but were not implemented
Millions of Canadians face higher mortality risks even at lowest air pollution standards
Study suggests lowering regulatory standards on fine particulate matter in air even more
Air pollution eats into your life. This chart tells you how much
Forty-three of the most pollution-affected districts in India are in the Indo-Gangetic Plain; Leh is the least-affected of the 687 districts …
Commission for Air Quality Management orders phase-out of coal in Delhi-NCR by January 1, 2023
Centre for Science and Environment calls the decision ‘significant’
Time for transition: NGT flags air pollution from diesel generators
The NGT directed Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to take remedial action to ensure compliance of air quality and noise standards from …
Parliamentary panel underlines lack of quality data on air pollution in smaller cities
Panel suggested prioritising funds to install systems for monitoring air quality in smaller cities and towns; called for transparency in …
India recycles only 1% of its construction and demolition waste: CSE
The rest remains strewn across, in landfills, or in plain sight everywhere, leading to air and water pollution
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 22, 2019)
Yes, green issues are missing from poll discourse, but who is to be blamed?
It’s the civil society that has failed to inform and engage citizens on this crisis
Crop burning in 2018 lesser than previous year, claims govt
The authorities have come out with figures and attribute the decrease to schemes it started for proper management of paddy stubble
Is Rs 5-crore penalty on fly ash polluters really enough?
The NGT penalty, when compare with the profit coal power plants make, doesn’t look very effective
Murky science of comfort part 5: Here’s how being mindful is good for the environment
We cannot wish away air-conditioning in today’s world, but we can be reasonable in choosing where, when and how to resort to the energy guzzlers
Delhi government budget: are we losing public transport agenda of aam aadmi?
The new budget is a step back and a gross deviation from some of the early budgetary promises we got in June 2015
Trump’s administration will scrap Obama-era green regulations
Meanwhile, UN’s new climate chief says action to stop climate change will continue irrespective of US involvement
Why coal-fired power stations need to shut on health grounds
While pollution and its health hazards are greatest near power plants, particulates, with attached sulphur dioxide, can travel 100km or more
World not prepared to cope with re-emerging infectious diseases: WHO Director General
Director General Margaret Chan was addressing the World Health Assembly being held in Geneva
Transport ministry advances BS-VI implementation
Following the apex court's observations, the ministry announced that India would adopt BS-VI norms by 2020, while fuel meeting BS-VI norms would …
“Don’t touch my car” syndrome at cost of our health
It is ironical that the city has paced up action on commercial and public transport vehicles in the city – trucks, buses, autos and taxis &…