Anti-Sterlite protest in Tamil Nadu turns violent, at least 11 killed in police firing

At least 30 others were injured when police opened fire to quell the protest

Under siege

Villagers attack polluting sponge iron plant near Belgaum

Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution

From the early 16th century to the late 18th, the prevailing belief was that God had furnished Britain and Ireland with wildlife to serve human needs

Green fuel targets for NCR industries: Here are some learning points from Alwar, Bhiwadi

Almost half the industries in Alwar moved to cleaner fuels, a survey by the Centre for Science and Environment shows

Grossly polluting industries more than doubled in 8 years: SOE in Figures

11% of these industries continue to flout pollution control standards in the country; nearly half of these are in Uttar Pradesh

NGT slaps Delhi government with Rs 25 crore fine for ‘failing to check pollution’

The green tribunal gave the order in response to pleas filed by residents of Mundka and Tikri Kalan that claimed that the two places were …

Breathless silence

The inconvenient truth is that when there is a public health emergency in Delhi, only the poor are asked to sacrifice

Pre industry climate was cloudier, finds experiment

It has been believed that sulphuric acid vapours generated from fossil fuel combustion and industrial activity aid cloud formation

Our little mushroom clouds

Online leash on polluting industries

60,000 units will file environmental statement on Internet  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 16, 2023)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 19, 2023)

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

Here is how Agra can improve its rank in Swachh Survekshan 2023

Agra’s perfomance was poor in segregation at source, cleanliness in public places, city beautification, cleanliness of drains and water …

Task force, flying squads are fine, but what does Delhi’s air really need

A large number of industries in the National Capital Region still operate on dirty fuel; their emissions pollute Delhi air

Industrial pollution in rural Raigarh: NGT appoints new head to oversight committee

New committee head will implement measures to check pollution and assess compensation payable by offenders

Guidelines for new pollution monitoring system out

After a three-year-delay, the pollution control board has published guidelines for continuous emission monitoring system, giving some hope to get …

River flowing through the most polluted Russian city turns red

Russian authorities assume that water has reddened due to chemical waste discharged from the nearby Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant

Rebuild the system

The changes proposed in the emission norms for brick kilns are unlikely to curb pollution. Here's why

Climate tech: Zimbabwean scientist turns carbon dioxide into methanol to minimise emissions

Making energy materials like formic acid, methanol from carbon dioxide released from factories can be important for emerging economies, says …

Four killed in gas leak at Rourkela steel plant in Odisha

Plant chief executive suspends two deputy general managers for dereliction of duty

Mattewara: Why Punjab needs this ancient forest near its largest city and river

The Punjab government should build industrial parks for the state’s economic development but not at the cost of its precious natural resources

42 rivers have extremely high concentration of neurotoxic heavy metals

Ganga was found to be polluted with five heavy metals, namely chromium, copper, nickel, lead and iron

Environmental collapse before Soviet’s fall

Exactly 25 years after the fall of the USSR, let’s take a look at its ‘consumeristic’ policies for exploiting natural resources …

Industrial Revolution kick-started global warming much earlier than we realised

The tropical oceans and the Arctic were the first regions to begin warming, in the 1830s

No respite for Pali yet, NGT reserves order on illegal textile industries

Some 17 textile industries operate in Pali district, violating the green court's order