Daily Court Digest: Major environment hearings of April 11, 2019
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Fault lines in expressway
To assess the extent of the ecological damage that construction activity is causing, Down To Earth travelled 250 km on the Char Dham Mahamarg …
Turn the clock back on the year gone past
Want to know what all happened in the world of environment, health, agriculture and forests in 2018? Here is your complete round-up of the last year
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
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UN must help Africa meet Sustainable Development Goals, says Secretary-General
Guterres said that the best prevention of conflicts lies in sustainable and inclusive development
Threat of dam collapse, floods in California force nearly 200,000 people to flee
Crumbling emergency spillway on Oroville Dam could unleash floodwaters onto rural communities along the Feather River
Can UK environment survive Brexit onslaught?
Following Brexit, the UK will no longer be under obligation to adhere to progressive policies on cutting greenhouse gas emissions and …
An erratic monsoon with late surge
The 2016 monsoon season produced 97% of normal rainfall, but the number does not reveal how inconsistent the rainfall has been
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)
Deep sea mining: A new way forward or looming disaster?
Supporters say deep sea mining is needed to meet the global demand for green technologies; scientists fear a possible gold rush for precious …
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
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
BHP and Rio Tinto’s ‘mining messes’ must be held to account: Report
The two UK-based multinationals had mined in Brazil, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and then left the scene without compensating for their …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 18, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (February 8-14, 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&…