World Water Day 2023: India can show the world how water management can be reinvented, says CSE

National workshop held in Lucknow on ‘Sustainable and Inclusive Sanitation and Water for All’ highlights the steps Uttar Pradesh is …

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

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

Bengaluru, Lucknow flooding: What do we mean by water-sensitive cities?

Inadequate urban planning means thirsty and flooded cities have become the new normal: Part 1 

Lost keys of livelihood: Locksmiths a vanishing tribe in Lucknow’s Aminabad

A shift in lifestyles, COVID-19 pandemic has changed the game for Aminabad’s locksmiths. Most say they do not want their children …

COVID-19 toll: UP government may be undercounting its dead

Down to Earth visits an electric crematorium in Lucknow to uncover discrepancies in figures 

Mainstreaming co-treatment of faecal sludge for reducing pollution in Ganga

Excreta of 73 per cent of UP’s population is not managed safely. Out of this, 48 per cent is dependent on on-site sanitation systems

The Ganga gets highly polluted after Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh: Report

The quality of Ganga water in the stretch from Kannauj to Prayagraj was categorised as being extremely deficient in dissolved oxygen

These three state capitals have air quality as bad as Delhi

In the past eight days, Lucknow, Kolkata and Patna have recorded poor or very poor air quality levels

Khobarvel tea

A zero waste toilet to achieve a clean India

Locals in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh consistently choose evapotranspiration toilet, a zero waste model which requires no human intervention over …

Lucknow’s waterbodies perish at the hands of unregulated construction

Land records of Lucknow Nagar Nigam state the city has 964 tanks and ponds, a majority of which are unidentifiable due to reclamation

Beware, dangerous pollutants are spooking your air

Pollution levels in major north Indian cities are either 'very poor' or 'severe'

Lychee, a probable reason for acute encephalitis syndrome

Viral agents of dengue and measles could also be responsible

Dark twist to bright tale

Three tigers die in a week under mysterious circumstances; total 32 deaths in two-and-a-half years; all in the forests of Corbett, a showpiece of …

Hobson's choice

The Uttar Pradesh government's proposal to shift the Lucknow zoo stirs a hornet's nest

Grounded!

A new rule in Lucknow keeps vehicles off the roads unless certified as pollution-free

Fossil find

Scientists find the oldest life form in Indian geological history

Autumn for neem

Insects that cause defoliation put neem trees at risk

Tiger alert

Pluck and dry

Herbarium trip shows climate change not the only threat

Herbal cure for stones

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Power to pollute

More power will mean more pollution, say participants at a recently-held seminar in Lucknow

Brahmi brouhaha

The memory-boosting effects of a Brahmi -based drug in humans is yet to be fully ascertained

Paying the price

Uttar Pradesh forest officials slap a hefty fine on poachers