Too crooked

Soft drink industry snatches another lifeline

Vox popul

Kerala HC quashes Union ministry's clearance

Relief for IMA chiefs

When modern wisdom fails...

The tree court started out as a great idea, but is little more than a paper tiger today

Documenting the Northeast's tribal laws

Land is central to the tribal identity in the region too easily abbreviated 'northeast'. Jeuti baruah knows this too well. As director of the Law …

The latest fizz

Who's afraid of the right to information?

Simply put: Allahabad HC bans DJ in UP

Pollution’s underbelly

We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Jan 21-25)

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

Tourism industry hit as Uttarakhand HC ends night stays in meadows

Tour operators in the state plan to re-appeal against the court order

In a first, Madras High Court sets up ‘Environmental Fund’

Amounts received would be used for planting and nurturing trees as well as cleaning water bodies

High court verdict in Kashmir shahtoosh workers' favour

KENYA

Protecting mangroves

Restoring lakes

Brickbats

Manufacturers won't mix fly ash in bricks; to go on strike

In Court

Clean blow

Reliance asked to guarantee Rs 300 crore for new plant

What ails us

Federal express

Court says no to mining tax

Relocation of monkeys in Delhi good for everybody

Stop privatization

Nothing is private

In court

Avoiding harm - how simple a duty is it?

The London High Court judgment on arsenic poisoning cases in Bangladesh explicity clears the way for affected people to claim compensation. …