CAQM’s focus on captive thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR a welcome step, but challenges ahead

Several industries Down To Earth spoke to were unaware of the new order or were perplexed about the technical feasibility of it in …

Dyeing cities

Textile mills of Pali district in Rajasthan and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu have an annual turnover of over Rs 20,000 crore. But the rivers passing …

Resolution on nitrogen can lead to a carbon-like framework

The resolution for sustainable nitrogen management in the United Nations Environment Assembly was led by India for the first time

NGT orders closure of industrial units in Bellandur Lake area

No industry would be allowed to operate in the lake area unless effluent emissions are under permissible limits. Industries found violating the …

Under continuous check

The continuous emission monitoring system to curb air and water pollution can herald a new era in India's environmental regime

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2019)

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

‘Pay Rajasthan farmers for losses due to soil pollution’

Committee set up by NGT finds ‘green tinge’ in effluents discharged into river Bandi; notes distress to farmers

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms

Poisoned Punjab: Mystery illnesses haunt this Fazilka hamlet dependent on canal water

Down To Earth ground report finds around 30 cancer deaths in 12 years in Burj Mohar in Fazilka district 

‘I’m always in the opposition’

Lawyer and activist, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, who is spearheading the battle against the thriving shipbreaking industry in Bangladesh, speaks to …

Lethal toxicity vs quantum of pollution in Delhi’s air

Not just quantum of pollution but also toxicity of emissions must be assessed to prioritise action on pollution sources

Unruffled flakes

Pig iron plant of Sesa Goa pollutes South Goa; firm says expansion will take care of problems

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor: people oppose Manesar-Bawal segment of project at public hearing

Deputy Commissioner of Rewari district orders probe after people object to high pollution from existing Daruhera industrial estate, which is …

MoEF challenges penalty on it for allowing industries to function near Kaziranga

Appeal to Supreme Court says Assam government responsible for implementing notification on no-development zone around national park

Prepare emission standards for industries in NCR by June: Supreme Court asks CPCB

Use of cheap and dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil is rampant in NCR due to the lack of a benchmark on emissions

Thai government fails to tackle lead pollution in Klity Creek

Government ignores apex court order to clean up creek, one of the worst sites of industrial pollution in Thailand

Coca-Cola asked to pay Rs 216 crore

Kerala gets tough with soft drink company for polluting Plachimada

Sterlite fined Rs 100 crore

Supreme Court fines Sterlite Industries for polluting environment but refuses to shut it

The wasteland

Bellary has lost 45 per cent of its forest cover to iron ore mining, says the CEC report

Picture imperfect

Fertile and picturesque, that is what Bellary was before companies started indiscriminate mining for iron ore  

Bullets for water

During a chance visit to Weliweriya, Sugandh Juneja wonders what took the Sri Lankan government so long to heed people’s complaints against …

Cost of marble

Mining in Rajasthan's Rishab Dev tehsil, the only place in the country that produces green marble, registered 6,681 times growth in 14 years. But …

CPCB penalty to industries at Mahul, Ambapada pave way for polluter-pays principle

Report submitted by the Central Pollution Control Board penalising the industries based on their quantum of pollution is a roadmap for better …

Untreated effluents released in Mumbai rivers, industries flout norms: Report

The Ulhas and its tributary Waldhuni are among 53 of the most polluted rivers in Maharashtra

Concrete invasion

Colombo’s marshes cannot avert floods the way they used to. Construction is to be blamed