Making cement production less polluting
Researchers are trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the manufacture of cement by finding alternatives to limestone
Problems behind the pugmarks
Translocating some lions from Gujarat's Gir sanctuary -- the home of the endangered Asiatic lion -- to the Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya …
No bricks in the wall
India needs solutions to maximise utilisation of fly ash and reduce consumption of clay and air pollution from fired clay brick kilns
Blatant lies for laterite
Andhra pollution control board holds public hearing for a project in Schedule Five area
10 cement companies, industry body fined Rs 6,300 crore for cartelisation
The Competition Commission of India found the companies were acting in concert to fix the prices of cement
Environmental governance in India pushes industries to face stricter pollution norms
The last one year of environmental regulation in India has shown many improvements. But a lot remains to be done
Outsiders in their own land
Gujarat government eyes limestone underneath land cultivated by Sikh farmers, curbs their ownership rights
Roman secret to durable architecture? Self-healing concrete
Quicklime, pozzolanic material ‘hot-mixed’ to make concrete can endure for millenia; It can also help reduce environment …
Smoke from cement factory leaves toddlers gasping for air in Howrah
Breathlessness, skin allergy and eye infections is all too common for villagers in Dhulagarh in Bengal’s Howrah district
Hills of greyville
Fast-expanding steel industry yet to find an effective way to reuse its waste product, slag
UN report outlines how developing, developed countries can reduce emissions from constructions
If India uses recycled materials, it could reduce emissions in the material cycle of residential buildings by 50-70 per cent
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 20, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Illegal sand mining around the world: islands disappear; livelihoods at stake
As demand for usable sand surpasses supply, illegal miners are stripping riverbeds, beaches and causing irreversible damage to environment
Neither voluntary nor compliant
India's first ever Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection, unveiled amid much hype on March 13 in New Delhi, has turned …
Wasteland or wetland?
Three panels’ reports later, green tribunal wants re-evaluation of Nirma project site
Nirma whitewash
Detergent company Nirma gave false information to obtain clearance for its cement plant in coastal Saurashtra. Environment ministry to inspect …
Plea to stay Nirma cement plant site inspection rejected
Green tribunal's vacation bench says another site inspection can be scheduled post-monsoon, if required
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
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’ 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)
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