India must adopt holistic approaches to handle human-wildlife conflicts

Essential to integrate conservation goals with community welfare

Vanishing wells of Marathwada: Farmers report water table dropped to 300 metres in 30 years

As trips to fetch water from tankers get longer, expert says dire situation result of poor water management

After 10 years & Rs 9,630 crore, scheme for drought-proofing Maharashtra can provide water to just 487 people for a year

The drought in Marathwada is clearly a human-made disaster, due to the mismanagement of water, say experts

DTE Coverage: Bengaluru Water Crisis 2024

Why the city that abounded in lakes and rivers went waterless

Watch: Why farmers in parched Marathwada are uprooting citrus orchards

In this battle against nature’s fury on the warming planet, the sweet lime orchards have become unfortunate casualties

A dharna here, a court victory there: How Rajasthan villages try to keep their land from solar firms

Encroachment of pastureland was possible because government doesn't recognise them as village commons, say locals

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 9, 2024)

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

Simply Put: Of wonders and blunders

India has lost over 1,500 sq km of land to ‘catastrophic’ soil erosion

New research finds Assam the worst affected, lost close to 300 square kilometres of topsoil

Exposing inequity & injustice of India’s single-use plastic ban

Ban targets downstream users of plastic while producers continue to operate with minimal restrictions

Bitter end to sweet limes: Farmers in parched Marathwada forced to uproot citrus orchards

Growers grapple with financial burden as water tankers become only lifeline for citrus trees

More than 40 rivers have dried so far in Bihar, even as summer is yet to peak

However, the issue of water crisis is missing in the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign

Tackling AMR: For LMICs, prevention is the best solution, say experts at CSE's international workshop

Recommendations from workshop to inform High-Level Meeting on AMR scheduled at UN General Assembly later this year

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 8, 2024)

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

Bengaluru water crisis: Two elephants succumb to thirst after roaming over 50 km in Ramanagara near Karnataka capital

Bengaluru recorded its highest temperature in five years on March 29, prompting IMD to issue a heatwave alert

Single-use plastic ban unfairly targets street vendors — but they have a solution for plastic pollution

Shift to a reusable system through public policy, stricter regulations across the entire plastics supply chain are key to enable just transition &…

Simply Put: Of textbooks and reality

Is natural gas actually cleaner than coal? Growing evidence says maybe not

The fact that methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are said to be vastly underreported clearly shows that natural gas is not “very …

Watch: What does summer of 2024 have in store for India? Heatwaves, rising temperatures, says IMD

The warning for hot temperatures and heatwaves comes at a time when the El Nino event in the equatorial Pacific Ocean is in its waning phase

Move beyond tiger numbers

Project Tiger must now take a holistic approach to benefit the wild cats and communities 

Voting without voters: West Bengal may see migrants flocking home to vote & document citizenship status amid CAA worries

Migrants likely to influence fate of elections in state; CAA cloud advantage to Trinamool but BJP to leverage governance failure that led to …

EMPS 2024: Steering India’s electric vehicle market towards a post-incentive era

New scheme reduces financial support significantly but does well in some key aspects

Analysis: What does the new Supreme Court judgment mean for climate action in India?

Supreme Court says right to be free from adverse effects of climate change part of fundamental rights to life and equality

Right against climate change part of right to life, equality: Read the Supreme Court’s exact arguments

Adverse impacts of climate change infringe upon right to life, equality and clean environment, the bench notes

Bhopal : A Toxic Legacy