Textile units in Rajasthan’s Bhituja Industrial Area continue to pollute groundwater, Luni river: NGT panel

The area’s common effluent treatment plant was unfit to treat the effluents from the bleaching units

How green is the urea sector?

A comprehensive environmental assessment of India’s urea industry reveals that despite Kafkaesque bureaucratic hurdles from sourcing to …

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 23, 2020)

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

Mahad loses river, crops

Polluting industrial units closed only on paper

Dye filter

An improvised bio-sand filter helps Nepal dyers treat toxic effluents

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 6, 2020)

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

NGT wants environment compensation regime for non-complying CETPs

NGT directives to CPCB to develop environmental compensation regime for non-complying CETPs may act as deterrence against non-compliance

Factories poison Khed

Villagers angry over chemical effluents in their drinking water

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms

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

Waste manager dumps it in river

Gujarat firm gets closure notice for stealthily disposing of untreated hazardous waste

Tannery convicted

No check on effluents

Spam in fishing net

Tirupur dyeing units told to close

Madras High Court orders shut down till zero discharge

Field science

States asked to clean up

No permits in high-polluted areas  

For a clean ganga

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 20, 2020)

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

How Baddi pharma waste can make your medicines ineffective

The waste contains active ingredients used in antibiotics and may be contributing to the spread of antimicrobial resistance. It is time to …

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 3-7, 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

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

No let-off till zero discharge