Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 13, 2024)

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

Study charts indirect economic losses due to climate change-induced supply disruptions, calls for collaboration

India is likely to be affected directly by high temperatures and indirectly due to close links with countries severely impacted by heat stress

Over half of the 21st century irrigation expansion has been in water-stressed regions; India accounts for 36%

Over 90% of humanity’s consumptive water use is used for irrigated agricultural production

Bare act

Even after five decades of enacting a law, India is nowhere close to preventing industries from dumping untreated toxic effluents in the open

Simply Put: MSP road block

Ramlila Maidan Mahapanchayat ends with SKM call to intensify MSP fight

Our resolution a ‘sankalp patra’ against the “corporate, communal, dictatorial regime” at the Centre, says SKM

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 12, 2024)

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

Betel cultivation is in danger due to climate change

Losses in betel cultivation have reached such an extent in the last few decades that most farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba have given …

Simply Put: DTE Cartoonist Sorit Gupto’s take as CSE releases ‘Future of Taste’

Methane emissions from fossil fuels remain high despite progress, US tops list of emitters: IEA

Of the 120 Mt of methane that escaped into the atmosphere, around 80 Mt came from the top 10 emitter countries

Bengaluru water crisis: Citizens raise questions on flourishing tanker business as municipal supply dries up

Water tanker operators often fail to produce adequate lab test results confirming water quality

Major droughts make women 35 per cent more likely to be underweight: New study

Teenage pregnancy & intimate partner violence also grew after drought episodes

Bengaluru water crisis: BWSSB announces 20% water cut to bulk consumers; identifies areas bearing the brunt 

Companies, hospitals, crematoria & graveyards, schools, railways and airport to take a hit  

Bengaluru today, your city tomorrow

India’ third-most populous urban area is just another city that is being shown the mirror—the dreams of a perfect water supply driven …

Simply Put: SILLYcon valley

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 11, 2024)

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

Bihar to strengthen waste management profile by formulating a low-carbon action plan

Anaerobic treatment of wastewater with methane recovery is one of the primary targets for maximum reduction of emissions from the waste sector

Future of Taste: In a climate-risked world, eating right is as much about nutrition as it is about the environment, people

Luxury emission-based model of food production should be discouraged, especially when the survival of farmers worldwide is jeopardised by climate …

What is the ‘aid in dying’ bill that France is considering? 

The medical option will only be provided to adults, except those with psychiatric conditions and disorders like Alzeihmer’s

FAO publishes first national report on AMR surveillance in India’s fisheries, livestock sectors

Data generated on AMR trends will be helpful to inform policy and decision making for AMR containment

Uttar Pradesh takes a positive step towards effective industrial emissions monitoring

Uttar Pradesh Climate Change Authority, Directorate of Environment recommends CSE proposal on CEMS certification system

The lost glory of Rajasthan’s tigers can be restored

The government has resolved to make landscape-scale tiger conservation a success; moving forward in this direction, Rajasthan already has five …

Abused, abandoned, neglected: The plight of India’s older women

Restoring dignity in women’s labour can give older women the care and respect they deserve in late life

Cold waves killed more Indians than heat waves since 1980: IMD

There has also been a 506% increase in the number of cold waves in India in this decade

Just how harmful is air pollution and how bad is India placed

In India, life expectancy dropped by 3.86 years in 2015 due to air pollution