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
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 10-14, 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
Sunderlal Bahuguna: The oxygen for the global green fraternity
Anecdotes from the environmental activist's visit to Kolkata a decade back
Discarded fishing gear threatens Ganga dolphins, turtles
Researchers said the waste fishing gear could be recycled and used in clothes, carpets
Water of Ganga, 21 other rivers in Bihar unfit to even bathe in, finds state pollution control board
Six sewage treatment plants in Patna not fully functional, direct discharge of effluents in Ganga
Simply Put: En route to Ganga Sagar Mela
Chamoli glacier burst: Himalayan blunders compounded
The issue is about carrying capacity of the fragile region, which is even more at risk because of climate change
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 22-27, 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 …
As told to Parliament (February 13, 2023): Climate change likely to pull down wheat yield by 6-25% in 2100, says minister
Rainfed rice yields in India are projected to reduce marginally
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2023)
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 (June 27, 2023)
Two Gangetic dolphins found dead in Bihar in the last 3 days
Both Gangetic dolphins were killed due to the ongoing mechanised dredging to deepen the riverbed, say residents
Union Budget 2020-21: Half-hearted effort to revive rivers, including Ganga
Fund allocation dips for Namami Gange and National River Conservation Plan
River pollution, conservation: UP’s fishing community bears brunt
Regulations of industrial, municipal inflow in Ganga, at the centre of pollution mitigation policies, have dissociated rivers from riverine …
Climate-impacted Sagar island witnesses 10 million pilgrims take holy baths in Ganga Sagar
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee demands ‘national fair’ status; administration trying to reduce fair’s green footprint
As told to Parliament (August 10, 2023): Centre prepared flood management plans for 23 river systems in Ganga basin
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Wastewater, seasons, tides: How Ganga water quality in Bengal changes every year
Pollution is less in the monsoon and post monsoon due to dilution of river water with rainwater; it is the opposite in pre-monsoon
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 15, 2023)
Microplastics in 90% frogs studied in Bangladesh delta, can threaten biodiversity: Study
Microplastics abundance in frog samples from Bengal delta much higher than that observed in Europe, China in past studies
Critically polluted: Kolak fisherfolk in distress as chemicals from Vapi industries destroy river catch
Villagers fear CETP pipeline planned through River Kolak will kill more fish; to approach district administration
Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin
Managements of river catchments, surface waterbodies, wastewater and the agricultural sector, in addition to a water resources database can …
COVID-19: Drizzle deters section of pilgrims but violations galore at Ganga Sagar Mela
“What can you do when a sea of people comes and overwhelms you,” say officials
Dead dolphin thrown back into Ganga in Bihar without autopsy
Locals in Patna district threw carcass back into the river out of fear even as officials failed to reach spot in time
Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness about them
The festival organisers hope the event will help in keeping a check on bird poaching incidents by making citizens value them
World Migratory Birds Day: Save the gulls of the Sangam
Siberian gulls, who migrate to the Triveni Sangam in winter, die because of eating plastic; their habits also change when tourists feed them