Gentle on critical pollution
After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …
Critically polluted: Treated effluents from Vapi CETP don’t meet safety standards, find pollution control boards
Industrial area’s comprehensive pollution index score hasn't been calculated in 5 years, say activists
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 6, 2020)
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
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 20, 2020)
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)
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
Towards zero discharge
Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2020)
Gutter will sparkle
Ludhiana is going all out to clean up Buddha Nallah, the sole receptacle of its industrial filth
Cry of a river
A little known river in UP is struggling for survival. Untreated effluent, delayed action to blame
Can we save Ganga?
The Ganga is getting political attention. What does it take to clean the river? Down To Earth team travels to the most polluted stretch of the …
Where river runs black
Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people
Stink in the leather belt
Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2020)
Mahad loses river, crops
Polluting industrial units closed only on paper
Dye filter
An improvised bio-sand filter helps Nepal dyers treat toxic effluents