CPCB confirms COVID-19 lockdowns helped clean up Delhi air

PM2.5 levels dropped by 50% during the lockdown in the national capital, a new CPCB study said

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2020)

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

Experts welcome Delhi government’s electric vehicle policy

The policy aims to make a quarter of all new vehicle registrations battery-operated by 2024

COVID-19 lockdown: What are the lessons for Graded Response Action Plan

It is time for the government to order more robust source apportionment studies for cities hit by plummeting air quality  

Visible improvement in Delhi’s air quality, long way to go to achieve clean air: EPCA

EPCA’s report card says that the Delhi-NCR region must not lose the momentum in this fight to breathe clean air

Doctors should not be made to work for more than 12 hours, orders Delhi government

While this may prove to be a good move for quality healthcare, a lot will have to be done to ensure its implementation

Delhi smog is back

Cocktail of pollutants and severe smog episodes can be deadly in Delhi and NCR even as Delhi government delays finalising air quality index

Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastic carry bags

Earlier ban was only partial and had little effect on manufacturers 

Delhi budget aims to address air pollution with transport reforms

Non-profit organisation Centre for Science and Environment welcomes budget for increased allocation to public transport, but demands radical …

CSE warns no one is safe from deadly ozone pollution

Civil Lines, Lutyens’ Delhi and hospitals are high risk zones, says latest CSE analysis

IMA to supply clean drinking water to Delhi slum

Amid scrutiny over water wastage by RO filters, IMA plans to study quality of water in the national capital

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)

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

Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution

The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity

Exposure to pollutants higher than ambient pollution in Delhi’s Anand Vihar: CSE

Delhi-based based Centre for Science and Environment has found that exposure level is three times more than background ambient air pollution …

Will diluted industry policy hamper Delhi’s environment?

Giving boost to small industries, Delhi government has allowed entrepreneurs to set up units without a consent to operate

Yamuna breaches danger mark in Delhi

Development after Haryana released 8.28 lakh cusecs of water on August 18

Backfire

A recent move to check vehicular pollution in Delhi hasn't reduced the fumes

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Cooking disaster, for free

West Delhi hutment residents use methane emanating from an abandoned garbage dump for fuel

Are langurs and rhesus macaques really sworn enemies of each other?  

Science does not see this relationship in terms of black-and-white

Did Delhi’s poor waste management add to severity of floods?

Solid waste collection is not regular and consistent in many areas

Simply Put: Delhi deluged

Simply Put: Travelling light

Delhi’s Diwali greys return as crackers burnt with gay abandon

Here is a look at the run-up to and aftermath of Diwali 2021 in Delhi

Farmers prepare for mega tractor rally on January 26