MoEF drags feet over law for safe disposal of CFLs
Reasons for prolonged delay unknown
Clean energy fund to be used for cleaning 12 toxic dump sites
States asked to bear 60 per cent cost
Weak rules, weaker regulators
Factories flout emission standards at will
Home truths
What's happening inside disposal units?
More cities critically polluted
Tighter norms make air we breathe more poisonous
Unchecked tyre recycling units wreak environmental havoc
Only 46% of tyre pyrolysis oil units in the country comply with norms
As told to Parliament (July 22, 2021): All Indian villages open-defecation free
All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 19, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
NGT makes polluters pay nearly double so far this year than whole of 2018
The environment watchdog slapped governments and corporates with penalties worth Rs 873 crore between January and March
Punjab extends time for brick kiln conversion to September
Those operating kilns with older technology still have to pay a fine depending upon the capacity of kiln under the polluter pay principle
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 15-22)
74% brick kilns in Delhi-NCR have not shifted to cleaner technology
Two-thirds of brick kilns in Delhi-NCR are unlikely to meet the deadline to upgrade to a cleaner firing technology
Implementation of this efficient pollution monitoring system caught in delays
Continuous Emission Monitoring System is a set of equipment that monitors and sends emission data to pollution control agencies every 15 minutes
10 years on, Supreme Court order on firecracker composition gathers dust
Authorities have released composition-based guidelines for only four of 40 categories of fireworks
The man who upheld our right to breathe time and again
Outgoing Chief Justice T S Thakur’s statements show his concern over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital
Brick kilns shifting to cleaner technology, but progress is slow
An order by the Central Pollution Control Board in June asked brick kilns across India to shift to a cleaner and more efficient “induced …
Has COVID-19 lockdown really helped Yamuna health in Delhi?
Domestic sewage comprises 80% of pollution load and continues to get discharged into the river
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 2, 2020)
Vapi tops list of critically polluted areas
Environmentalists call for re-imposing moratorium on industrial town in Gujarat
Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely
Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities
Nagpur bench stays transfer of Bhopal's toxic waste
Will it impact the ongoing case in the Madhya Pradesh High Court?
Water pollution hot spots identified in Indian rivers
Data is misleading and underestimates pollution, allege scientists
Liability sans facility
Draft rules ask health centres to ensure their waste is treated
Too hot to handle
India has tightened guidelines for storage of toxic industrial waste. But is it enough?