Wasted e-waste

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

CAG raps environment ministry over ‘illegal’ appointments

Central Pollution Control Board created or upgraded posts without approval of finance ministry

Don't flout norms

CPCB asks generator manufacturer to recall its product, a first time for India

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 

Lethal PM2.5

To be monitored in Indian cities, says pollution board

Shape up or ship out

Pollution control board sets November deadline for brick kiln manufacturers to clean up their act

When will coliform matter?

India fails to notify standards for treated sewage

Fresh evidence

US biosolids regulations outdated

In Court

The ambient air we breathe

Every year, its quality is measured. Every year, data seems compromised.

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

The current regulatory regime is delaying compliance by a decade

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

Breathing easy

Gujarat Pollution Control Board's latest invention helps 'reduce' air pollution

Carry on polluting

Environment ministry's message to genset diesel engine-makers

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

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

Ganga needs water, not money

India’s largest cooperative of waste pickers turns 300 tonnes of waste into wealth annually

Urban India generates around 56 million tonnes of municipal solid waste per annum of which 40-50 per cent is not processed and eventually ends up …

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 …

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

Sloppy STPs

Causing pollution in Yamuna