Nothing official about it

Megadiversity

Tree's a crowd

The loggers' chainsaws may not spell doom for tropical forest lands after all

Drawing a bead on waste

Summer-borns are healthier

The haunting nuclear ghost

Saving Venice

Contaminated milk

High levels of flame retardants present

China is on a high

Of nitrogen dioxide

Carbon overload

Land and oceans may fail to retard rise of atmospheric CO2

ChevronTexaco on trial

October 21, 2003. High-level corporate lawyers from ChevronTexaco sit in the same packed muggy courtroom as bare-breasted Amazonian men and women …

The war on Tigray wiped out decades of environmental progress: How to start again

Damage needs to be repaired immediately so that universities, research organisations can continue contributing to the restoration of agriculture &…

There will be a serious increase in lawsuits against fossil fuel companies in the coming years

So far, around 1,500 climate-related lawsuits have been brought before courts around the world

Germany bans fracking indefinitely

The method of hydraulic fracking for extraction of shale gas has been controversial due to its environmental impacts

New Brazil law for environmental transparency

Over the past few months, Rachel Biderman Furriela -- a Brazil-based lawyer and activist -- has been punching the keys of her laptop furiously. …

Amazon ‘one of the most dangerous places to be a green defender’: Report

One person died every other day while protecting the planet last year, says Global Witness  

2022 too short, too far: DTE’s stories on 50 years of Stockholm Declaration

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022  

Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change

The ozone layer was destroyed, electrical storms raged across the tropics, solar winds generated spectacular light shows, Arctic air poured …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 13, 2020)

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

See SDGs as a policy framework, not as a document

To start work, the Sustainable Development Goals first need to be popularised by the new government

Hydropower dams can harm coastal areas far downstream

A study in Mexico on four rivers finds that damming rivers has measurable negative ecologic and economic effects on coastal regions more …

From Australia to El Salvador to Vietnam, the environment is finally getting its day in court

Specialised environmental courts are now operating on every continent except Antarctica. What’s behind the boom?

Science academies back neutrino lab project in Tamil Nadu

 Three national science academies have assured that the project will follow all regulations and nobody will be displaced

Environment ministry allows state authorities to deal with EC violation cases

A notification by the environment ministry to allow state authorities to deal with violation cases puts a serious question mark on project …

Adani's Mundra Port and SEZ: SC orders probe into allegation of sand dune leveling

The expert panel appointed by the environment ministry will submit report within six weeks