Let’s build for a green future

CSE recommends that the country should define green and low-carbon cement

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  

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 …

How Gujarat succeeded in co-processing plastic waste in cement kilns and promoting circular economy

The state’s experience is a great example for others to follow

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 …

How did the Rebels beat the Empire in Star Wars? The answer is closer to home than you think

The fate of the galaxy was decided not by light sabres — but by concrete

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 

The flyash burden

Will the targets set for utilising flyash by power plants be met?

Nirma loses wetland

Environment ministry revokes clearance to its cement plant

Court raps environment ministry

Asks why it allowed Nirma to create confusion on wetland

Apex court spanner in Nirma cement plant

Cleared for growth

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

Is it all grey?

NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge

Nirma's cement plant hits hurdle

Supreme Court asks the industrial house to prove that the plant site is a wasteland

Nirma plant in trouble again

Environment ministry says project site a wetland

It is critical to lift veil of secrecy around use of refuse-derived fuel in cement plants

Discussions with cement companies over co-processing RDF shows logistical issues plaguing its adoption

Environmental clearance for JSW’s Paradip project in Odisha scrapped by NGT

The principle of sustainable development cannot be ignored, the court said