Why unlawful sand mining in India needs good governance
Violation of environmental laws needs pressing attention by officials; a strict law enforcement is needed against illegal sand mining, says experts
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 29, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 24, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 19-24)
Here are 3 of 21,000 industrial pollution cases pending in Indian courts
Industrial pollution cases in Indian courts often span over decades and, as a result, the country had over 21,000 pending court cases on …
Stranded at top
Rohtang Pass faces an uncertain future as Himachal Pradesh drags its feet over introducing a CNG transport system in the highly eco-sensitive area
NGT halts construction on wetland between Bengaluru lakes
The construction projects violated the Master Plan of 2015 as well as environmental guidelines
Why Ghaziabad’s waste management is in the dumps
The city is still grappling with source segregation, door-to-door collection, waste treatment and processing and on-site organic waste management
STPs in 3 Punjab towns lying defunct: NGT monitoring committee
Poor performance of sewage treatment plants due to delayed payment by municipal bodies, monitoring committee report to NGT
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 23, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 24, 2019)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 6-12, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 8, 2020)
NGT orders stay on Draft Shimla Development Plan 2041
Plan will have disastrous consequences for environment and public safety, National Green Tribunal cautioned
Choking Mahananda: How Siliguri’s waste, water crisis is turning on its people
Rapid urbanisation, inefficient waste management and encroachment have turned the Mahananda into a drain. And farmers are losing livelihoods
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 10, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 22, 2020)
Lessons from COVID-19 on reducing India's environmental pollution
We can tackle our pollution problems by emulating approaches adopted to successfully tackle COVID-19
Gaurav Gogoi to table bill for changing air pollution law
Congress MP said updating 1981 legislation concerning air pollution was need of the hour
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 12-16)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 16, 2019)
Rewind 2018: Development and fire eat up India’s forest cover
The country’s greenery suffered several blows in the past year as it was compromised for vertical growth and authorities could not curb …
Buying time? West Bengal government sets up panel as explosions in illegal firecracker factories kill 16
Three back-to-back explosions; Green activists say priority should be to close illegal units
Why a landfill and waste-to-energy plant in Delhi Ridge is a bad idea
A recent SC order approving a recommendation to set up a landfill and a Waste-to-Energy plant in Delhi Ridge is an ill-thought move
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 22-26)