Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 20, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
What happens to your body in a heatstroke?
Here are all the symptoms to help you identify a heatstroke if you or anyone around you has one and what should you do to treat it
Seychelles launches world’s first sovereign blue bond
Proceeds from the bond will include support for the expansion of marine protected areas, improved governance of priority fisheries and the …
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)
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 …
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
Zealandia: Earth’s Forgotten eighth continent
An international team of geologists and seismologists have now created a new map of Zealandia
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
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-…
Montreal Protocol leads to healing of Earth’s ozone layer hole
This achievement is majorly due to the Montreal Protocol of 1987 that regulates the consumption and production of nearly 100 human-made chemicals
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 11, 2020)
India can’t be malnutrition-free by 2022: DTE’s annual report
The government’s Poshan Abhiyaan’s implementation is poor and targets are unambitious, according to the State of India’s …