A better alternative
Cheaper and more easy to operate models of solar devices have been developed and these can also be built by the people who use them
Drawing the waste-line
The national committee to look into the management of hazardous wastes met for the first time in New Delhi
Near miss
A mechanical snag at the Narora Atomic Power plant has put a question mark on the safety of India's nuclear establishment
Freedom means death
The Delhi High Court ruling may free the animals from the cages of circuses, but will they find a new home?
Blueprint for DJB privatisation?
The proposed Delhi Water Supply and Sewage project -- which will be funded by the World Bank and whose draft has been prepared by …
The drowning of a city
There are both in Delhi - criminal waste, unendurable want. And in this city of verdant veneers, nowhere does the callous politics of …
Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE
Takes on motivated and half-baked science
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 25, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Draft notification on eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary cleared
Government brings eco-sensitive zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km, as suggested by NGT, to 1 km
Profitable exit
Reliance abandons the first public-private partnership in Metro transport. Time to revise rules
Delhi smog lifts partially
Pollution build up in recent days corresponded with peak traffic hours and freight movement
COVID-19: Delhi govt says there is community transmission, Centre says no
Delhi health minister says source of more than half cases could not be traced
Delhi-NCR air under emergency for a day & a half, yet no action
Only 16% complaints related to air pollution resolved between October 15 and November 4. Monitoring was closed after 9:30 pm on November 5
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2024)
2023 in a blink: DTE revealed the true extent of air pollution on India’s children this year
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023
Simply Put: Yamuna pollution meter
Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium
Punjab is the worst-affected state with Haryana being the second
COVID-19 Update: Weekend curfew declared in Delhi
Curfew declared over the weekend in Delhi due to rising number of COVID-19 cases
Coronavirus update: Metros back on track Sept 7; many regular trains to go
Delhi average death toll up 50% in 3 weeks
Irrigation does more than deplete groundwater, it changes climate too
More measured irrigation can help conserve water, suggests author of new study
Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: Act, for your children's sake
We are doing too little too late
Public health emergency declared in Delhi due to air pollution
The overall air quality index on November 1 afternoon was around 530
Live bombs, war scrap at India’s container depots: CAG
Auditor asks Department of Revenue to develop mechanism to monitor uncleared containers
Delhi to start monitoring pollen pollution
A digital pollen count monitor has been set up for public at Delhi University
With just 272 buses per million people, how can odd-even rule in Delhi be successful?
The city is already short of about 5,000 public buses to cover all its 865 routes