CLEAN-UP PLANT
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Dye-maker accused of dumping acidic effluents
Cowherds in a Gujarat district accuse a local dye manufacturer of dumping a poisonous and acidic substance, which resulted in the maiming and …
Champions of a new cause
National political parties are often accused of neglecting the environment. Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party began campaigning against two …
Condemned
Rise in exports is at the cost of the environment
With the pollution-conscious West pushing large-scale production of toxic chemicals to India, the result is more exports and more environmental …
Can we declare ourselves ODF, without managing the collected excreta?
A lowdown on how to clean India and keep it that way
Disciplining the enfants terrible of industry
Small is not always beautiful: Small-scale industries in India account for only 35 per cent of the country's industrial production, but their …
United Phosphorus loses 22-year-old defamation case against Sanctuary Asia
The magazine had reported on how UPL's chemcial and pesticide units were worsening pollution scenario in Vapi
Green tribunal orders enquiry on Jodhpur industrial sludge
About 10,000 odd industries in and around the city are dumping waste in river tributary, alleges petition
Modi mantra to a healthy and wealthy nation
The mantra of zero defect and zero effect manufacturing practice should translate into no pollution from industrial effluents
Maharashtra’s common effluent treatment plants fail to meet standards
Latest weekly report of state pollution control board says only seven CETPs meet standards for treated effluent water
Industrial units in Vapi continue to flout pollution norms
Union environment ministry had lifted moratorium in the area after state pollution control board promised to improve the situation
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 29, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why is river Yamuna still maily?
Officials do not understand the gray waters produced by the city
Deforestation, urbanisation, illegal mining, waste dumping leave Cauvery battered and bruised
Decades of degradation has led to an unprecedented crisis for the 15 million who live on the banks of the river. Down To Earth travels along the …
The dark side of Sabarmati river development
Recent report flags high levels of pollutants entering the river, non-compliance of SC order
How green is the urea sector?
A comprehensive environmental assessment of India’s urea industry reveals that despite Kafkaesque bureaucratic hurdles from sourcing to …
यूपी में मैला ढो रही है यमुना, योगी के अधिकारी बोले सब ठीक-ठाक है
एनजीटी की यमुना प्रदूषण के लिए गठित निगरानी समिति ने यूपी के मुख्य सचिव समेत आला अधिकारियों से 30 अप्रैल और शुरुआती मई तक ...
Kumbh’s over, now God save the Ganga
Kanpur's tanneries, shut down during the pilgrimage, have reopened and are polluting the river again: sources
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 26-30)
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
NGT fines Gangakhed sugar factory for polluting fishing lake, canal in Maharashtra
National Green Tribunal asks sugar factory in Parbhani district to pay Rs 5 lakh to restore Mannat lake and canal polluted with molasses and …
‘Tighter regulations needed on nutrient effluents’
Here’s N Raghuram, chairman of International Nitrogen Initiative, speaking with Down To Earth about the viability of United Kingdom’s …
New technique developed to make biodiesel cleaner
Scientists have developed a cost-effective strategy to convert crude glycerol, a by-product of manufacturing biodiesel, into a green fuel
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