‘We need to take a relook at our air pollution standards’

Down To Earth speaks to NEERI director, Rakesh Kumar on India’s air pollution standards

NEERI made way for Sterlite to pollute Tuticorin

The research organization’s efforts to ensure that pollution was not directly attributed to the copper smelting plant led to the SC not …

Air ware

Despite lack of conclusive scientific evidence on their effectiveness, air purifiers have become a fixation for affluent households in India

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

Supreme Court reserves order on Sterlite plant

The company sought to continue operating its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu

Mithi in intensive care

Mumbai tries pumping oxygen into the river to keep it clean

Bengal govt cites COVID-19 excuse for not phasing out old commercial vehicles

Large commercial vehicles, including goods carriers and buses, account for 74-80% of PM 2.5 and PM 10 in Howrah and Kolkata

The wasteland

Bellary has lost 45 per cent of its forest cover to iron ore mining, says the CEC report

Konkan thumbs down nuclear plant

Public hearing for 9,900 MW Jaitapur power project held under protest  

Ground reality

Official report confirms presence of toxins in groundwater near Bhopal’s Union Carbide

‘Developed nations want India to leapfrog to a technology which even they have not accepted’

With climate change negotiations round the corner, an important debate on the use and phase out of hydrofluorocarbons used as coolant in …

No one is cleaning up

25 years on, thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste is scattered around the Union Carbide factory

Flawed, but accepted

Pollution board report blames LPG for particulate matter, spares vehicles

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2020)

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

Daunting journey

Carbon particles from biomass burning and vehicles could be discolouring the Taj Mahal. Down To Earth returns to the monument, a symbol of …

Lavasa above law

Lavasa continues to bypass norms. But the environment ministry may give clearance to the the maiden planned hill city in India, Sakshi C Dasgupta …

Crowdsourcing technology could ensure safety of drinking water in rural India

Research group develops a simple test kit that combines science and mobile phones

Environment ministry, CPCB endorse burning Bhopal's toxic waste at Nagpur

Ignore report that says defence research organisation's facility not suitable for disposing of heavy metals

Industries to pay for pollution study

Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each

Pollution threatens Taj Mahal

Despite crores being spent on its upkeep, air and water pollution continue to threaten the Taj Mahal

Who is monitoring Lavasa?

Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …

Kudankulam meltdown

The spectre of Fukushima continues to haunt the world, forcing governments in most parts of the globe to rethink their plans to tap this …