Why certain parts of India shone during the recently-concluded Asian Games
Reasons as varied as a strong farming culture. patriarchal tradition and geography influence why sportspersons from Haryana, Punjab and India's …
Why is Delhi's electricity demand rising so rapidly?
Cheap electricity, rising incomes, and badly designed buildings that trap heat are encouraging energy intensive practices, shows a CSE analysis …
Girl burnt alive for protesting against tree felling
The incident took place on the 44th anniversary of the Chipko movement, a conservation campaign that successfully prevented cutting of trees
Sustainable transportation improves quality of life
According to experts, more needs to be done, including mobilising trillions of dollars in investments, to bring about sustainable transportation
Bob Dylan, the protest singer and social critic, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Dylan has been awarded the prize "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
International court to focus on environment crimes
The value of environmental crimes has grown to US $91-258 billion, as per a recent report
A look at news you may have missed this week
How the world’s coffee addiction could destroy tropical forests to moose conquering newer areas in a warming Alaska—a quick look at …
Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres assassinated
Honduras had recently been ranked as the most deadly country for environmental activism last year
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 12-16)
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 (April 24, 2019)
Why are young people migrating from the village where the Chipko Movement started?
This video echoes the story of migration and environmental challenges in Reni; the relevance of the Chipko movement in today’s world …
Zealandia: Earth’s Forgotten eighth continent
An international team of geologists and seismologists have now created a new map of Zealandia
SC declines to designate Joshimath crisis a national disaster; redirects petitioner to HC
On January 10, the court had said that everything important need not come to it
2022 too short, too far: DTE’s roundup of the year’s top stories
The best of our reportage from 2022 in one place
Toxic algae spread in Florida; state declares local emergency
The rotting algae can impact the health of locals and prove dangerous to marine life
This week from the world of science and environment
Here's a weekly round-up of major environment and science news
WWF demands protection for naturally-restored Mahmudia wetland in Romania’s Danube Delta
Agricultural leaseholders have obtained a court ruling to revert area to cropland, endangering the wetland
Scientists find a whole new world below ground
New research says that there is an entire subterranean biosphere teeming with 15-23 billion tonnes of micro-organisms
Top 10 stories of the week that was (September 9-September 15)
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from the week just gone by
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2023)
Top 10 stories of the week that was (September 2-September 8)
Top 10 stories of the week that was (August 26-September 1)
Top 10 stories of the week that was (August 19-August 25)
After Joshimath, what?
A series of 7 columns on various issues affecting the Indian portion of the Himalayas in the light of the Joshimath disaster
India’s vehicle industry needs EV mandate, finds CSE study
The government must bring in regulations that mandate the vehicle industry to have a certain percentage of their production and sales as zero-…