NEAA incompetent: high court

Ease of doing business takes precedence over environmental and social concerns in project review process

The office memorandum has taken a very myopic view of any perceived delay in appraisal for environmental clearance

Holistic approach

Civil society and all government agencies are responsible for sustainable development

Daft release?

India unveils its National Environment Policy 2004. Is it possible to smell a rat?

Too closed for comfort

Environment ministry begins preparing environment policy amid unwarranted secrecy

MoEF falters

New draft environmental clearance process full of gaps

Holes in the pitcher

India's eco-mark leaves no mark

Hot air?

Agenda 21, formulated during the Rio Summit in June 1992, was touted as an earth-saving measure by the leaders of more than 100 participatory …

The price of power

As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, …

A mirror called Down To Earth

In this time of half-truths and no truths, we are determined to offer journalism that is fact-based and rigorous

Nature's bounty

2022 too short, too far: 10 best interviews of the year by DTE

DTE spoke to experts on several topics ranging from climate change to biodiversity

Environmental activist Isidro Baldenegro killed in Mexico

This is the second killing of a Goldman Environmental Prize winner in less than a year

Floats for green Goa

Let’s build for a green future

CSE recommends that the country should define green and low-carbon cement

Relevance of history

History provides important lessons in the management of the environment for administrators, conservationists and their ideologues. But have we …

"Hello, there are leftovers"

The environmental costs of development projected by a World Bank study may be staggering, but a lot has been left unaccounted for

‘Someone should speak on behalf of environment’

Shibani Ghosh, the author of Indian Environmental Law: Key Concepts and Principles, speaks to Down To Earth on the role judiciary plays in …

"Big data can be used to counter corporate or state propaganda"

Jean Dreze on why he prefers a solidarity society, rather than a welfare state

Down To Earth makes debut at Jaipur Literature Festival 2017

Down To Earth released its annual report on India's State of Environment 2017 at Jaipur Literature Festival 2017. It was followed by a riveting …

Several Worlds, one vision

Satyajit Ray's films showed an extreme sensitivity to the natural world. Yet he was no naturalist. The people he portrayed were carefully …

A disease called pollutionitis

Most of Delhi's urban elite suffer from this disease which makes them "rationally irrational". The disease is accompanied by finger-pointitis and …

Jairam Ramesh on forests and climate change

“Forestry Management is crucial to any agreement on climate change”, says Jairam Ramesh, India’s Union Minister of Forest and …

“India will not and should not take reduction targets”, says Environment minister

Jairam Ramesh, India’s Union Minister on Forests and Environment briefs South Asian journalists on India’s stand on climate …

Environment ministry caught lying

Its contempt of Parliament says committee on government assurances