The way of all waste

Environmentalists and developingcountries managed to stave off an attempt to sabotage the Basel Ban on international trade in hazardous …

Dumping ground

CAMBODIA

Toxic waste: Who cares where it's dumped?

Self-reliance and export prospects have contributed to the rapid growth of the Indian chemical industry. But the distaff side of the boom is the …

Toxic houses

THE PHILIPPINES

New method to trace toxic compounds

Down with the dump

Residents of a Rajasthan village are up in arms over secret plans to store nuclear waste nearby

Limited laws

Weed menace

Careless dumping of genetically modified canola plants triggers an outcry in South Australia

Environmental clearance must for removing mine dumps in Goa: Union mines ministry

Transporting mineral-rich reject in large quantities will cause air pollution and its processing will produce waste, says ministry

Bomb shelters

Waste dumping hits roadbock in Goa

Tamil Nadu villagers protest landfill

Ray of hope

A foodstuff industry fungus finds a new job: cleaning up ash from municipal waste

Draft EIA notification favours industry over environment

SC committee on toxic waste in midst of a storm

Ghaziabad battles noxious fumes from burnt batteries

Waste dumpsites choke Chennai

Waste-to-energy plant in Vijaywada shuts down

Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous

Mumbai's fragrant dumping grounds

Romania rejects garbage from Italy

Srinagar officials, residents agree on three more dumpsites

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 13-17, 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