From bricks to black dust
As traditional coal-run brick kilns in Kaithal turn polluters, moves are afloat to shift them out of villages
Should customs concessions be withdrawn?
Proposal by manufacturers to withdraw import concessions on certain pesticides is resented by farmers who fear that it will result in major price …
Death pits darken green fields in Haryana
Carbon dioxide trapped in pits built for tubewell motors in Haryana's green revolution districts have killed hundreds of farm-workers. Scientists …
Haryana shuts 41 slaughter houses
Action part of crackdown on pollution, illegal slaughter and cruelty to animals
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
DTE Coverage: Pink bollworm’s cotton curse in India's North Zone
Down To Earth travels to the cotton fields of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and hears stories of misery and death
What will be the climate impact on Indo-Gangetic plain
Climate change projections and impacts in a region with 432.5 million population
Lost birds
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New schemes in Haryana
Order toned down
Climate change has transformed pearl millet cultivation zones in India
East Rajasthan, Haryana now India’s core pearl millet production area; farmers in Gujarat shifting from pearl millet to cotton, castor
Food security: Climate change is affecting the seeds that India depends on
An increase in the number of days with extreme temperatures or rain has caused a decline in the quality and size of seeds across India
Wheat production to be record high despite unseasonal rains: Officials
Back-to-back western disturbances have enriched the soil moisture in the past two weeks, say scientist
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
Why we may have missed the bus on ensuring paddy co-firing in Delhi-NCR coal plants this year
Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh need to identify the major aggregators in their respective states and ensure allocation of suitable land and …
Paper tiger? Punjab Pollution Control Board not able to recover environmental fines imposed in last 2 years
Punjab government’s move is a mockery of the law, at a time when environmental pollution is becoming deadly and dangerous
How paddy affects: Groundwater table in this Karnal village is now at 1,000 feet
Ardana farmers do not want to grow any other crops besides wheat and paddy since the government offers MSP only on them
Managing greywater: A Haryana village shows the way
Pond-based greywater treatment systems in Kurak Jagir village in Karnal district, Haryana, absorb greywater
Rooftop solar generation: Why Delhi government schools fare better than others
Delhi government has set up rooftop solar in its 150 schools; similar projects in Rajasthan and Haryana are yet to take off
Future shock: The leaning towers of Najafgarh Jheel
Why construction activity around the southwest Delhi water body is a recipe for disaster
COVID-19 lockdown halts crop damage assessment in Haryana
Heavy rain, hail in first half of March had caused widespread damage to wheat and mustard
Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016: NASA maps
Data from the agency shows that all three states have made progress in reducing stubble burning between 2016 and 2019
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 12, 2019)
Haryana police encroaches upon forest land to build training centre, residential complex: RTI
At both the sites, the cops have not procured any permissions and cut thousands of fully grown trees