The stink of onions

RELOCATION OF DAIRIES

Return of the smog

Winter, lack of rainfall and air pollution have made the smog in Delhi even more dangerous

Park vs pump

In the future

...only stringent and serious measures can control further rise in pollution

Plastic problem

A ban on recycled plastic in Delhi will have little effect

The curse of poor sanitation

A bacterial disease kills 42 people in India

Clean payment

NOTICE SERVED

Dirty detergents

Detergents are rated for how ecofriendly they are

Right medicine?

Doubts are raised over the efficacy of two herbal medicines for asthma

Bytes

Sinking low

Pune metro rail on track

Public hearing was a farce, say activists

Break the odour

Wanted: technologies to make urinals waterless, stink-free

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2023)

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

Do not just single out coal

Why should countries of the western world, which have already appropriated the giant share of the carbon budget, be given a free pass on the …

Long-term groundwater storage in Ganga basin declining at 2.6 cm per year: Study

The Ganga Basin’s aquifers are one of the largest reservoirs of groundwater in the world

We need to worry about methane from landfills; look at Mumbai numbers

Waste sector emissions can be targeted for mitigation, suggests new study      

Commission for Air Quality Management orders phase-out of coal in Delhi-NCR by January 1, 2023

Centre for Science and Environment calls the decision ‘significant’  

Delhi Pollution Crisis: CM Kejriwal announces school shutdown in Delhi for a week

Emergency measures are not a magic bullet; systemic and sustained change in Delhi’s air quality is needed, Anumita Roychowdhury of CSE says

COVID-19 is cruel to young and aspirational India

More than the pandemic, it’s the sheer abdication of responsibility from those in power that’s destroying the dreams of rural India &…

High-security number plates mandatory in Delhi: Why are they important

High-security registration plates add security features that make vehicles theft- and tamper-proof; used to standardise size and font on number …

Farm laws 2020: Who are they meant to serve?

In rushing the farm bills through Parliament on strength of numbers, the Union government seems to have handed short end of the stick to states …

Bihar scrapped APMC Act, mandi system 14 years ago; here’s what it did to farmers

Why are farmers protesting the government’s ’reforms’, ask many. A look at how Bihar’s farmers have fared may explain&…