GUYANA
Chasing a paper (d)ream
Since the 1990s, the use of recycled paper has unfortunately reduced by half
Taking the issue Due North
Why are wood bazaars illicit?
Rampant government corruption and faulty institutions bedevil agroforestry in India
Killer chlorine
Once hailed as a boon to health, chlorine is now charged with being carcinogenic, maiming the immune and the reproductive systems.
Managing the woods
Sustainable forest management is a concept hostage to many global players
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
Grasim unit pulled up
Compensation for pollution victims urged
After a 23-year-long battle, Tamil Nadu's Sterlite plant finally shuts down, permanently
On Monday evening, the state government passed a government order to shut down Vedanta group's Serlite copper smelting plant permanently
Industries eye forest land for plantations
Wood-based firms want to convert forest areas to their own use for raw material. In doing so, they ignore the fate of millions of rural poor, who …
Sulphuric acid leak in Sterlite plant: 50,000 litres to be shifted to a safe destination
The sterlite plant used to sell about 600,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid
India's sawmill policy filled with loopholes
India's sawmill regulation
GREEN WARRIOR
Betrayal via bamboo
Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents
India’s MSMEs must pare emissions and climate finance may be the nudge they need
Traditional funds are not enough for the MSME sector to achieve decarbonisation; we need to unlock international climate funds as well
Jaypee powers ahead in Himachal
‘Company built power plant illegally; managed clearance’
Environment ministry, Tamil Nadu Pollution Board must own up to Tuticorin killings
Until we reform environmental governance fundamentally, cases like Sterlite will keep happening and environmental conflicts will only grow
Africa Mining Vision finds support of governments, private companies
The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) has been designed to ensure that mining activities contribute to economic transformation and benefit all African …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 29, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Gujarat RIL case study shows weaknesses of environmental impact assessment in India
Focus on economic growth has diluted the EIA in India
Madras HC stays expansion of Sterlite copper smelter; power supply cut
Protests against the expansion of the smelter have been going on for three months
Dying Sabarmati: Polluting units to be named, shamed and prosecuted, says Gujarat HC
Stopping pollution is everybody’s collective responsibility, says Gujarat High Court
Industrial blackmail!
Having done precious little to clean up its polluting act in the past 30 years, a Kerala factory is indirectly blackmailing the state government …
Simply Put: En route to Vantara