Revisiting 2019 Aarey forest study: Why Metro project is a threat to biodiversity park

Ecological damage caused by project will increase flood risks

Farmers shun cotton

Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses

Bite into bitters

Maharashtra tribals’ way of warding off monsoon maladies

Maharashtra amends water law

Agriculture gets priority over industry, farmer-friendly clauses dropped

Leopards in our alley

These big cats have lived in human habitations for long

Simmering

Forest fires, tribal discontent in Melghat Tiger reserve

Double trouble

Pay and park

Toilet training

Din over private helipads in Mumbai

Mining at all cost

Recession is elsewhere

Colours not so natural

Bt contaminating organic cotton

Bt traces in 30% organic cotton garments; may hit exports

60 people battle giants

Rooftop radiation binds the Mobile Tower Grievance Forum

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 3, 2022)

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

Court digest: Major environment hearings in February

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

'Pressure from banks pushes farmers to commit suicide'

One year since the Maharashtra farmer protests, Down To Earth speaks to Raghunath Dada Patil on the deepening crisis

Cities across India have started water rationing

The 2019 summer is going to be intensely water scarce as cities find themselves without adequate water sources 

Monsoon progresses over Maharashtra, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir

More than three quarters of the country have experienced monsoon showers in the last four days

Bombay High Court slams cricket associations on 'criminal waste of water' for IPL

Are people more important or IPL, Court asks associations of drought-hit Maharashtra and Mumbai

Maharashtra proposes to reduce eco-sensitive areas to one-third

Environmentalists are wary of the state government’s decision that contradicts earlier expert-committe reports 

NH-7 expansion project: NGT stays felling of trees for two weeks

Earlier, a petition against the widening of the highway project was filed by three non-governmental organisations

Weed on my plate

Tribals of central India vouch for the taste and health benefits of neglected wild vegetables

Has forest cover really increased?

The provisional figures for India's forest cover are now ready, and Down To Earth has managed to acquire a copy. The figures, when compared to …