Wasted e-waste

Electronic waste is a mine of precious metals, but poor regulations simplify its squandering away

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 13, 2019)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2022)

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

All you need is an eye

New monitoring index gives better understanding of a river’s health

When will coliform matter?

India fails to notify standards for treated sewage

Cleaner air: Can we go back to ‘normal’?

CPCB’s evidence on nation-wide clean up during the lockdown implies that clean air action has to upscale to new normal

Is show cause notice sufficient to drive compliance in industrial units?

The current regulatory regime is delaying compliance by a decade

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 13, 2019)

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

Simply put: Fifteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India

Ganga needs water, not money

New units banned in 8 industrial areas; ban lifted from 10 others

Fresh pollution index revealed increasing pollution in industrial areas from where ban was lifted earlier

Plan to incinerate Bhopal waste at Pithampur

Doubts had been expressed earlier over the capacity of the waste disposal facility in Dhar district

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 3, 2019)

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

NGT fines Volkswagen Rs 500 cr for damaging environment

Cheat device in multinational's diesel engines meant more nitrogen oxide emission than claimed

Newer, not better

While India announces a new formula to assess pollution levels in industrial clusters, it shies away from addressing the core problem of how to …

Continuous pollution monitoring initiative needs momentum

Although the majority of the industries surveyed by CSE have installed real-time emission monitoring systems, no significant improvements are …

Operation of brick kilns in UP: NGT pulls up chief secretary

The tribunal, in an earlier order, said brick kilns in the National Capital Region cannot operate until an assimilative carrying capacity …

Pollution not under control

Healing festering wounds

An action plan is ready to decontaminate UCILÔÇÖs plant site in Bhopal. It just needs to be implemented

Mobile towers are harmless, says declassified CPCB report

It states that there is no substantive or convincing evidence of cell phone radiation’s biological effects that can harm a person’s health

To authorities, it's smelly and you know it, still you don't act on it

India has been dragging its feet over abating odour pollution. Does it lack in infrastructure, or will?

Modi mantra to a healthy and wealthy nation

The mantra of zero defect and zero effect manufacturing practice should translate into no pollution from industrial effluents

Instant quality check of rivers

Electronic sensors to monitor pollutants in Yamuna, Ganga

Lower the din

IIM-Lucknow analyzes pollution board

Manpower shortage, lack of coordination are main problems