Angry village residents close Western Coalfield mine in Nagpur
Most have not been compensated for land acquired; agriculture and living impacted by pollution
Hunters turn protectors
Traditional hunters Phase Pardhis are part of an initiative to save critically endangered lesser floricans
Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco Monsanto Biotech
Move follows complaints against the company of providing inferior seeds, cheating and creating shortages
Endgame for bustards
Great Indian Bustard has been pushed to extinction in its biggest sanctuary; breeding stops
Bamboo liberation day
According to former environment minister Jairam Ramesh, minor forest produce is a ownership right vested by Parliament under Forest Rights Act
Fanning an alternative
Progressive Maharashtra has rushed to install wind energy plants. But, ask nidhi jamwal and shikha lakhanpal, reporting from Mumbai and Dhule, …
Why Marathwada is becoming a graveyard for farmers
Season after season of failed crops is pushing farmers to the brink of desperation, while the inaction of the Maharashtra government is allowing …
Centre takes steps to monitor pulse stocks: Is India staring at another food crisis?
Heavy rain and hailstorm in mid-March and early April might affect yield of pulse crops; official says government focusing on nutrition and security
Maharashtra onion crisis: Farmers bearing the brunt of low demand, poor export
Produce rates may remain low until export-worthy summer harvest arrives in the market
States fined thousands of crores over waste — but how did NGT calculate the penalty amount?
Fine determined on polluter pays principle, equated to environmental compensation and cost of restoration
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 30, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Maharashtra’s common effluent treatment plants fail to meet standards
Latest weekly report of state pollution control board says only seven CETPs meet standards for treated effluent water
Betrayal via bamboo
Largest paper manufacturer is using most of the bamboo in Maharashtra, leaving little for residents
Bamboo freed
Maharashtra village India’s first to win right to harvest bamboo. Eyes now on other forest produce
The battle over forests
Are the recent eviction drives misdirected? (Read full article)
India is all set to go for its first waste-to-hydrogen project
Hydrogen generated at a facility in Pune will be utilised locally to help the city lower its emissions, manage waste optimally
Indian thermal power plants got Rs 7.62 lakh crore in loans in 17 years: Report
Tamil Nadu got the most loans at over Rs 84,000 crore; followed by Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh
Kitchen strike for toilets
Women of a Maharashtra hamlet give husbands an ultimatum-build toilets or go without food
Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols
With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies
Another Maharashtra village demands community forest rights
Tribal village Pachgaon to follow Mendha Lekha; to hold bamboo sale as protest to gain community forest rights
Election boycott over mining
Residents protest iron mining in Maharashtra tehsil; authorities blame murder for boycott
Power trickles down
Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers
Testing time
Revisits by Down To Earth reporters to villages that undertook water harvesting offer some valuable lessons in drought management
Made to fail
Employment Guarantee Scheme, first of its kind drought relief scheme has had no impact on the drought-prone areas of Maharashtra in almost 30 …
Out of focus
The government's drought relief programmes are bound to fail in the long run. Even the Planning Commission acknowledges that funds for the …