Alive and choking
Toyota told the National Green Tribunal that the ban on registration of new diesel cars in Delhi-NCR would affect the existence of the company. …
This week from the world of science and environment
NGOs demanding a ban on oil drilling in Virunga National Park to the new NFHS revealing that many of India's women and children are stillanaemic&…
City trapped in a solar oven
Climate-incompatible buildings that fuel excessive use of air- conditioners not only add to the energy needs of cities but also create …
An earful of high decibels
As the rumble of traffic in the Capital gets louder, experts come up with various ways to clear the clatter
Quicker detection of TB and hepatitis
Two new tests allow a faster and more accurate detection of tuberculosis and hepatitis B than possible earlier
Court bars slum-dwellers defecating in the open
Residents of Delhi's slums find themselves in a Catch-22 situation. Public conveniences in the Capital are woefully inadequate, but when they are …
LIPS talks to you in many tongues
The 24th international film festival in New Delhi introduced an indigenously developed technology that makes it possible to telecast a film …
Former slum now has its own newspaper
A determined group of youngsters in Shaheed Nagar who started a weekly newspaper find their objectives are slowly being realised.
Past lessons, future strategies
Studying the history of human interaction with nature can be very useful in formulating resource management policies. It can also provide a …
Gassing around
The bogey of price hike and non-availability of gas might delay action to implement the court order on CNG conversion
Boost for bamboo
BAMBOO BOARDS & BEYOND· exhibition of bamboo furniture by The National Institute of Design·Ahmedabad·India Habitat Centre&…
Playing dirty
There is an urgent need for a post APM fuel policy if we want to address environmental concerns
Missionary women doctors in nineteenth century Delhi
Throughout the 1860s a frail young European woman with a medicine chest was a conspicuous presence at the women's ghats of the river Yamuna in …
Better, not faster transport: Decarbonising mobility shouldn’t be dysphoric
India needs to rethink if faster transport can be the only solution to changing travel behaviour
Delhi air less toxic amid COVID-19 lockdown
Average PM 2.5 level during 4 weeks of lockdown lowest on record outside monsoon since 2016
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 …
Air pollution: CSE releases agenda for Aam Aadmi Party government
Delhi cannot face another winter as severely polluted as this, says the non-profit
A series of cartoons by our graphic editor
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 13, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
CAQM’s focus on captive thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR a welcome step, but challenges ahead
Several industries Down To Earth spoke to were unaware of the new order or were perplexed about the technical feasibility of it in …
Protesting farmers to enter Delhi after long confrontation with police
Swaraj India’s Yogendra Yadav tweeted that protesting farmers had been allowed to enter Delhi and given permission to protest at Nirankari …
Counting north India’s stubble fires: Stronger data science needed to study winter smog
Severe smog in north India is a result of an evil alignment of many factors. Whether those factors co-conspire this year, remains to be seen
Counting north India’s stubble fires: How do NASA satellites capture them
Overall, it is safe to assume that even if satellite images do not show a fire, it does not necessarily mean that nothing is burning on the ground
What is Aam Aadmi Party’s new deal on transport?
There are dangers in ignoring the demand for collective dignity on roads and in pandering to the arrogance of cars. Hope AAP will steer the …
Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE
Takes on motivated and half-baked science