Disposal of endosulfan begins

Nearly 1,400 litres of the banned pesticide found in Kasaragod godowns

Using tannery waste in fields turning soil toxic: study

Researchers studied soil and groundwater samples from farms irrigated by tannery effluents in and around Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal

A trashed valley: Kashmir needs to segregate its waste at source

Despite clear regulations and court interventions, local governments continue to ignore Kashmir’s municipal solid waste crisis

Garbage gets attention

India is revising the way it manages solid waste. A manual for this, prepared by the urban development ministry, proposes providing legal …

Ghazipur landfill fire: Annual choking hazard for Delhi

Authorities have missed multiple deadlines to clear out the legacy waste from Ghazipur landfill

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Plastic-free planet: Like-minded group of countries demand changes to zero draft

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Toxic threat

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Auction for wastes

A Commission appointed by the Supreme Court recommends the auctioning of hazardous wastes

Faith's filth

Waste of pilgrims threatens Pahalgam's ecology

Messing around with regulations

Microbial fuel cell

A device that helps generate electricity from human faeces

India’s ban on select single-use plastic items: A start but still a long way from blanket ban

Several items that fall within Centre's definition of single-use plastic not included

United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus

The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Filth as art

Festival>> Garbage ÔÇó Argentina

On wrong trek

The ecological perils of commercial hiking

Mistaken intentions

ICICI to the rescue

Howrah, the polluter

A lake killed by sewage and silt

The local administration is trying valiantly to revive Udhagamangalam's once-famous Boat Lake.

Industrial menace

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