Crises plaguing state pollution control boards

Employees barely gain technical expertise in the working of SPCBs

The 200 million tonne challenge

With the sector set to boom, India needs an action plan

FIR against Durgapur plant

7,000 litres of oil in Sutlej

Tribals take on polluters

Sponge iron unit poisons their drinking water¤ farms

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 10, 2022)

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

Ayodhya airport expansion and discharge of water from Coca-Cola factory put villagers in a fix

Villages drowning after rains due to airport expansion while polluted water destroying fields, allege locals

COVID-19 lockdown: Rajasthan releases city-wise analysis of air pollution

Significant decrease observed in levels of PM10, PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide during lockdown period across all stations

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 15-19)

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

Investment terror

Since the 1990s developing nations have been on a treaty spree, signing a vast number of bilateral and regional investment treaties to attract …

Get us water

New deal

Oil’s crude touch in Gujarat

ONGC’s oilfields are ruining farms in Gujarat

Factories poison Khed

Villagers angry over chemical effluents in their drinking water

Ludhiana: Ineffective manhole cleanup, chemicals disposed in sewers emerge as theories for Giaspura tragedy

Steps to be taken in the event of an industrial accident or to gauge its environmental impact lacking, say experts

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 …

Power plant in the dock, third time

Pollutes Irai river in Maharashtra, kills thousands of fish

Faceless workers

ONGC asked to stop drilling

People in Tripura complain to environment ministry

As told to Parliament (February 5, 2024): Over 400 MLD industrial effluents discharged into Ganga and Yamuna daily

All that was discussed in the House through the day

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

The steel shock