Mumbai Climate Action Plan aims to remove carbon emissions by 2050. Can it be done?
The solution lies in switching to renewables like solar and wind. Solar alone can potentially generate 1,724 MW of electricity, enough to meet …
Guardian sisters of Aruna Shanbaug
At a time when questions are being raised about ethics in medical practice, the nurses and staff members of KEM hospital who took care of their …
HYDERABAD Stalemate
There is a large support of a passive nature, but no outcry against air pollution
BANGALORE waking up
There is a need for better communication between the government and the people
Will future cities be friendly?
Urbanisation is not just about infrastructure but also social cohesion
A few questions
BMC’s 24X7 decentralised ‘war rooms’ helping stem COVID-19 cases in Mumbai
Down To Earth reports on the arrangements put in place by India’s richest civic body to help save lives
Meet Padma Bombale, a Maharashtra onion farmer fighting the odds
A landless farmer from Vetale village near Pune, she has to work for Rs 100 a day to make ends meet
Between 1918-19 Spanish flu and COVID-19, not much has changed
The British government permitted provisional governments to exercise powers under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the same one the present …
Shift Mumbai trans-harbour link alignment, demand environmentalists
Mumbai development authority shows no sign of relenting; invites bids
Flawed, but accepted
Pollution board report blames LPG for particulate matter, spares vehicles
In Short
SC slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Mumbai metro, but permits felling of 177 trees in Aarey forest
Controversy over constructing a metro car shed inside Aarey has been brewing since 2014
The ‘forgotten’ water ecosystems of Mumbai
City’s water systems need urgent attention to build resilience against climate-related uncertainties
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 12, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Cyclone Nisarga: Mumbai to bear the brunt
Cyclone Nisarga’s landfall will finish in three hours, storm surge, heavy rain and winds expected in Mumbai
Clear as air
The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To …
IIT to propose 20 metre-tall air purifiers for Delhi
The Rs 12-cr units will have a range of a km
Odisha migrant workers return from Gujarat, Maharashtra amid fears of another lockdown
Trains from Gujarat and Maharashtra to Odisha are full, although rail officials can’t confirm whether all passengers are migrants
Extreme floods to increase economic loss 166 times in coastal megacities: IPCC
These cities with over 10 million populations, including Mumbai, are likely to lose at least $1 trillion annually by 2050, finds the report
Salt rush
Every year, marginal farmers from across the country travel to Mumbai's saltpans to earn some extra money
Death factories: industries at MIDC Dombivli are ticking time bombs
Blasts destroyed a chemical factory in Dombivli in the Thane district of Maharashtra on May 26, killing 12. Here's the inside story …
Extreme weather events in India in the past 10 years
India is extremely vulnerable to the impact of climate events. Every year, it faces extreme weather events in the form of floods and cyclones, …
Mumbai sea link extension may be junked in favour of a coastal road
Activists say Rs 9,000 crore project will destroy beaches and violates coastal regulations
Hill heavy!
What happens when a rare geological site is squeezed for space