Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 17-21, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
India’s Minamata
Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …
Yamuna pollution: green tribunal orders operation clean-up in Delhi
Order sets heavy penalties for polluters and asks for drains to be kept clear of encroachment
NGT orders probe into fly ash pollution in Singrauli
Further directions given to expedite clean water supply to residents by polluting industries
Delhi had only one good air quality day this winter by Beijing standards: CSE
Fresh number crunching by Centre for Science and Environment shows that if air quality parameters of Beijing or that of the US were to be applied …
Kaziranga’s no-development zone has 90 factories
Green tribunal orders closure of all industries that began operations after the zone was notified in 1996; others to use clean fuel
CPCB flags railway stations on green parameters
The Central Pollution Control Board assessed 36 stations or 5% of the major stations in India
Will Bengal allow high decibel firecrackers?
Activists fear noise control rules will be relaxed for manufacturers of firecrackers
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 16, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Diwali 2022: Delhi air ‘very poor’, can worsen to ‘severe’
Farm stubble burning increased in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan; Firecracker ban in Delhi goes up in smoke too
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2020)
SC refuses to extend pollution norms deadline for power producers
The association of power producers sought extension to deadline for meeting pollution norms to 2024 from 2022
Prime Minister's trophy for steel plant overrides pollution concerns
CSE study had shown companies which bagged the award for best integrated steel plants have poor environmental performance and productivity record
Wash and melt: Idol immersion in Bengal turns a green leaf
Manpower minimised, water used in the process recycled; environmentalists hail the model, but implementation under cloud
Why better policies are needed for sewage water use in thermal power plants
Thermal power plants within 50 km of STPs are required to use treated sewage; but there has not been any positive move on ground
Gujarat pollution board washes hands of creating buffer zones around waste treatment facilities
Central Pollution Control Board guidelines, however, state that no construction activity can take place within 500 metre of treatment, storage …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 10, 2020)
Draft CAG report slams Andhra pollution control board for negligence
The report blames the board’s inaction for unchecked pollution of water bodies and deteriorating air quality
Idols immersed, fears surface
The 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival that ended this week has once again brought to limelight the environmental hazards of immersing idols of …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2020)
COVID-19: How distant laws, uneven measures afflict sanitation workers
The pandemic has further aggravated the dichotomy of livelihood and safety of sanitation workers
SC takes cognisance of alarming increase in air pollution in Delhi
Centre for Science and Environment welcomes apex court’s decision to accelerate priority measures to cut toxic vehicular emissions and air …
Idol immersions after Durga Puja leave rivers polluted yet again
Central Pollution Control Board guidelines and court directions are yet to achieve the desired result of keeping rivers and lakes free of …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2020)