Cement industry misses deadline for new pollution norms
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change asks the cement industry to submit an action plan by April to meet the new norms
Some sectors perform at the global best levels, others can reach there
Resource war India after 2020
If the developing world today is the locus of climate change mitigation, including reduction in emissions, then there surely must exist a …
MoEFCC revises fly ash notification
Fly ash to be given free of cost for agricultural and construction purposes says MoEFCC official at CSE conference
MoEF contests green tribunal order on fresh site inspection of Nirma cement plant
National Green Tribunal defers decision in view of submissions made by government counsel and farmers’ body opposing the project
Green tribunal decides to evaluate Nirma cement plant site afresh
Says project needs to be reassessed in view of conflicting reports of experts
Bhopal to Germany
Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention
‘Green’ steel, cement for clean energy? Not yet there, says IEA; here’s why
In order to achieve net zero emission target, battery manufacturing capacity for electronic vehicles has to multiply by six times the present …
Nirma’s dream hangs in balance
National Green Tribunal defers its decision on Nirma’s controversial cement plant project to October-end
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
Behind polluted Indian river stretches, inadequate sewage treatment
Rivers and streams in 31 states and Union territories in India do not meet water quality criteria
Concrete without sand?
The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand
Sand slips
Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …
Bad for people, bad for environment
A new study by Centre for Science and Environment slams system of green clearances
Environment ministry creates a record in forestland diversion
The last mayor of Kathmandu
Aditya Batra in conversation with Keshab Sthapit, a mayor famous for muscling his way to urban renewal
CSE volunteer barred from filming public hearing for Ultratech cement plant
He was detained and his cassette was snatched away at company's behest
Mined to death: an elegy for the rivers of Meghalaya
The rivers in the Jaintia Hills have turned deep blue; mines and cement factories have killed all fish and aquatic life in them
China's per capita carbon emissions surpass EU's
India has one of four highest CO2 emissions in the world, says report
MoEF panel favours bauxite mining in Vizag tribal area
Yet-to-be-made public report dismisses environmental concerns
NGT order clears way for Nirma cement plant at cost of wetland
Tribunal has set aside revocation of environmental clearance to Nirma Limited’s proposed cement plant
High court slaps Rs 100 crore fine on Jaypee for flouting green laws
Company asked to dismantle coal-fired power plant in Solan
Coal ministry cancels allotment of 18 coal blocks
Government to decide the fate of 10 more coal blocks on February 25