Environment in elections: Drought not on poll agenda even as north Karnataka records 3rd-lowest rainfall in over 100 years
Region’s people feel things can’t remain same even as other parts of Karnataka have no water problems
Women’s Day 2024: Clean sweep in Karnataka
Over 18,000 of the state’s women have transformed the idea of cleanliness into a sustainable business model
Bengaluru’s water future
Water supply must be affordable. Only then can it be sustainable
Paddy warriors: This couple in Karnataka is preserving rare native varieties through cultivation
Asma and Aboobakar want to save as many indigenous paddy varieties as possible; they have so far documented 840 such plants
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
Simply Put: Cauvery dispute
Plan for Nilambur-Nanjangud railway line through Bandipur National Park evokes protests over ecological impact
Railway line to connect Nilambur in Kerala to Nanjangudi in Karnataka on Golden IT Corridor
Karnataka’s trekking trails in eco-sensitive Western Ghats off limits till October
Trekking to be limited to 300 people a day once it resumes, only in areas with online bookings
Karnataka Bandh on sharing of Cauvery waters
The Cauvery water sharing dispute has been a bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu since the British Raj
Why is Bengaluru city facing the worst water crisis in its nearly 500-year history?
The situation might get worse as the next monsoon is still 100 days away
Simply Put: The black river
Karnataka forest department has filed just 130 chargesheets on forest encroachment since 1980: RTI
The RTI inquiry reveals that 204,229 acres were lost to encroachment while another 104,065 acres of land were illegally granted by the state …
Karnataka appellate tribunal cancels transfer of 3,111 acres of forest land to politicians
The land spread across 99 villages was granted between 2016 and 2018
Why has Nipah Virus resurfaced in Kerala?
The Nipah strain this time around is the Bangladesh variant which spreads wly, but, however, has a high mortality rate
These 2 coastal Karnataka towns are reviving their millennia-old water bodies; here’s how
Residents of Moodbidri and Karkala have taken it upon themselves to reclaim their natural heritage
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 29, 2023)
Olive Ridley turtles are back on Mangaluru beaches!
Beach cleaning, night patrolling and protection did the trick
Activists point out dangers of highway through Bannerghatta National Park, demand shelving plan
NHAI’s six-lane highway to cut through elephant corridor, could increase human-wildlife conflict
Bengaluru: NGT seeks responses on alleged encroachments in Pattandur Agrahara lake’s buffer zone
The case adds to the ongoing challenges faced by civic authorities and environmental activists in preserving Bengaluru’s water bodies and …
Drought grips Kodagu: Cauvery river runs dry, posing threat to wildlife and livelihoods
Coffee farms & tourism, Kodagu’s mainstays, are running into losses; land sharks responsible for exacerbating drought, say locals
L&T loses legal battle against KPCL over Sharavathi pumped storage project in Karnataka
Engineering giant alleged tender process for Rs 8,300 crore project was rushed; project major part of Karnataka’s plan for energy security
Bengaluru is battling a crisis, but it must leverage water for peace
Sound urban planning is needed to avert such crises
Birders’ network finds rare pelagic birds on Karnataka’s coast
Birders also found that the density of pelagic birds had come down from 2022, pointing to declining fish stocks near the coast
Cauvery turmoil: Bengaluru city, Old Mysuru region hold total bandh; little or no effect elsewhere in Karnataka
Ten thousand people will go to Delhi on October 5 to drive home a point with the President of India on Karnataka’s claim over Cauvery water
Green promise: Silver cockscomb isn’t a troublesome weed for Karnataka’s Soliga tribe
For the Soligas, known for their traditional knowledge of ecology, silver cockscomb is a nutritious leafy green vegetable that grows well even on …
