Odd-and-even 2.0 worked but farm fires and forest fires played spoilsport, says CSE

Takes on motivated and half-baked science

What is ‘dry ice’, at the centre of the Gurugram restaurant incident?

The solid form of carbon dioxide commonly used as a cooling agent in ice cream & frozen desserts must never be touched with ‘…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 21, 2022)

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

Synchronised rise of ‘bad air’ in cities of Indo-Gangetic Plain in 2020: CSE analysis

Landlocked region cannot rely on mitigation efforts by the National Capital Region alone, say experts

The Invisible Killer: a hidden danger in the air

Autumn in India is smog season, the worst time of year for some of the world's most polluted cities. The air pollution that we breathe every day …

What does Modicare mean for India's poor and sick?

In the absence of a proper public health infrastructure, what does Ayushman Bharat mean for millions of poor & sick? Kundan Pandey travels to …

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2023)

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

Unravelling Hindon’s pollution and pursuit of sustainable solutions 

Despite governmetal, judicial intervention, illegal dyeing units continue to operate & pollute the Hindon river 

Stop 10,000 acre Aravalli safari park to save fragile ecosystem: Activists to Haryana CM, MoEFCC

Apart from increasing human footfall, vehicular traffic and construction in the area, the proposed safari park will also disturb critical aquifers

Indo-Gangetic Plain residents live 7 years less than other Indians: Study

This is because air quality in the region fails to meet the WHO’s guidelines on particulate pollution

EPCA draws roadmap for brick kilns in Delhi-NCR

Environmental body takes a number of decisions at workshop to discuss region’s brick kiln sector, which is a major cause of pollution

Off to another bad start

A failed monsoon this year could mean sixth consecutive crop failure in most parts of the country. The government must immediately prepare a long-…

US environmental body proposes temporary pesticide-free zones to protect honeybees

A large number of bees are exposed to pesticide spraying when growers enter into contracts with beekeepers for pollination services

Drugs on EMI

People in an extremely backward Haryana town, where almost every fifth person has hepatitis C, are forced to seek treatment on EMIs

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …

As told to Parliament (March 31, 2022): Gir’s lion density is 15.20 individuals per 100 sq km

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Pentavalent takes its toll

The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed

Nuclear power at the cost of livelihood

Searing spell

Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts

In Short

Punjab and Haryana are unable to get out of paddy-wheat cycle; why is that?

Experts say low returns and post harvest losses and management inefficiences among major roadblocks for crop diversification 

EPCA directs slew of measures as Delhi air turns noxious again

Diesel generator sets to be banned; construction and industrial projects asked to adhere strictly to norms

Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops

Green tribunal orders halt on all non-forest activities in the Aravallis in Faridabad

Haryana Pollution Control Board directed to submit air quality analysis to determine extent of pollution caused by illegal development activities