As told to Parliament (July 19, 2021): Nearly 41% households in India have piped water supply

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Red fox displacing blue counterparts in Norway’s alpine areas

Litter left by humans as well as roads are aiding the red fox in its spread, says study

Simply Put: 75 years of Hiroshima

PM Modi's Independence Day speech: Call against single-use plastic can be a start

To weed out single-use plastic, India must first define it

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 16, 2022)

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 (September 1, 2023)

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

Delay tactics: Outcomes of Paris plastic meet 2023 were far from expectations; here is why

Slow progress on treaty to end global plastic pollution as countries hold up negotiations with procedural objections

Without new policies, plastic consumption across G20 countries to double by 2050: Report

Only a combination of existing policies along with new ones can arrest the trend & slow consumption

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 3, 2023)

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

Protests over toxic gold mining at Nile: Will there be truce in Sudan

A vicious network of gold smuggling has over taken the region following the Russia-aided military coup in 2021 

How a noxious aquatic weed was used to make eco-friendly products, generate employment in rural Bengal

Demand for woven baskets, cups, plates, boxes and other cottage industry products is high in the state, neighbouring areas

Plastic endgame: Did UNEA 5.2 start a new era

The world’s adoption of the resolution to end plastic pollution by 2024 is only the first step in a long battle

World Photography Day: India’s year through DTE’s lens

From COVID-19 hollowing out lives and livelihoods to farmers agitating on Delhi borders undeterred to climate change leaving footprints all over, …

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (October 5-9, 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

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 28-October 1, 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

C40 Cities: 14 cities drive sustainable diet plan

The food we eat was responsible for nearly 13 per cent of the total emissions in 2017 and this is expected to increase 38% by 2050

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2019)

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 (July 22, 2019)

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

Run-up to Ottawa: Report says 86% of Indians want reduction in plastic production

While a global call for action was evident, the intensity of support varied significantly between Global North & South

Single-use plastic ban unfairly targets street vendors — but they have a solution for plastic pollution

Shift to a reusable system through public policy, stricter regulations across the entire plastics supply chain are key to enable just transition &…

How India fared environmentally: State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures

Parliamentary Digest (August 4, 2022): A million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2019-20

All that was discussed in the House through the day

India’s sewage treatment plants treat only a third of the sewage generated daily: CPCB

Reuse of treated sewage can decrease the water demand from aquatic sources

Gandhi at 150: His tryst with food

He viewed food as an opportunity to allow free exchange of culture

Inger Andersen urges inclusion of ‘super pollutants’ such as methane and black carbon in NDCs

By addressing short-lived climate pollutants, the world can deliver climate action, improve air quality and human health, said Andersen at the …