Top 10 stories of the week that was (August 19-August 25)
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (March 7-13, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…
Urban commons
Down to Earth reaches out to experts to understand the scope and limitations of reimagining urban commons
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 28, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 24, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 11, 2020)
How seagrass can aid in curbing coastal erosion
These ubiquitous marine plants dissipate wave energy that can help protect vulnerable shorelines, improve water quality as well as store carbon …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment hearings of April 11, 2019
Mumbai oil refinery fire brings back focus on spurt in such incidents
Refineries of Bharat Petroleum and Indian Oil have seen a string of fire incidents in the past two years
Heavy rain alert in Mumbai this weekend; how prepared is the city?
Storm water drains are being cleaned; Mithi river has been widened, but flood sensors are yet to be installed in five rivers and two lakes
Uttar Pradesh bans polythene across state
The decision came after a state cabinet meeting, less than two weeks before the December 31 deadline set by the court
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 16, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Sudden stratospheric warming may be behind recent cold weather
Europe and Northern Asia could be in for another ‘Beast from the East’
2023 in a blink: Five of best books DTE reviewed and excerpted
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023
Microplastics help viruses survive longer in water, remain infectious: Study
The result remained the same in every wastewater treatment scenario
IPCC AR6: Science has spoken now climate actions must follow, Sunita Narain
The future is here and it should worry us enormously
Flash droughts: Why early-warning, mitigation techniques are needed
Flash droughts have severe impacts, occur when regular droughts rapidly intensify
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 6, 2024)
2022 too short, too far: DTE’s stories on 50 years of Stockholm Declaration
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 9, 2022)
New boundaries: How village limits are demarcated for community forest rights
Forest Rights Act recognises community forest resource rights over an area that is traditionally used by the local communities. This is …
Global warming: 400 million tonnes CO2 pumped to atmosphere a year from this source the world is blind to
Gas flared at oil and gas facilities is greater than EU’s total import from Russia and a key source of methane emission
Rethink sand use, move to circular economy: UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme recommends solutions for better sand management in new report
Not just Indo-Gangetic Plains, severe winter air pollution affects central India too: CSE
Singrauli and Gwalior have the most polluted air in central India, according to a CSE analysis
Pollution in news on May 1
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on pollution