Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 15-19)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Supreme Court asks NGT to monitor industrial units polluting Ganga
Apex court had recently asked government to explain why Central Pollution Control Board has no chairperson for the past six months
Ayodhya airport expansion and discharge of water from Coca-Cola factory put villagers in a fix
Villages drowning after rains due to airport expansion while polluted water destroying fields, allege locals
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 17, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
Climate change in North East: Arunachal’s Seijosa shows connect between shifting patterns, declining biodiversity
Loss in forest cover, change in rainfall patterns, human interventions may together set in motion irreversible patterns
Carting away sand
Labourers illegally mine beach sand in Ratnagiri, removing the buffer between ocean and human habitat
NGT steps in to save Kanha tiger from small-scale mines
Directs state to evaluate if cumulative EIA is required for the dolomite mines bordering tiger habitat
Pollution may be higher in Kolkata this Diwali
Noise level standards were relaxed for firecrackers in West Bengal following recent orders of the National Green Tribunal
Plea to stay Nirma cement plant site inspection rejected
Green tribunal's vacation bench says another site inspection can be scheduled post-monsoon, if required
Green tribunal notice to Delhi Metro Rail on rainwater harvesting
Petition says metro rail corporation can harvest up to 87.3 million litres water annually
Baghjan blowout, fire could have been prevented: Report
There were deviations from standard operating procedure and deficiency in understanding gravity of operations, the report submitted to the NGT said
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 28, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 18-22, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
India's clean air plan overlooks 231 polluted cities: Report
Air quality targets in National Clean Air Programme must be given proper legal status to make air in India breathable, it added
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 23, 2019)
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (March 8-15)
A burning question
Waste-to-energy plants are being touted as a wonder solution for garbage management. But how feasible is this option?
Court digest: Major environment hearings (Jan 25-Feb 1)
Assam struggles to protect wildlife from accidents on Kaziranga highway
Government has expressed its inability to adopt suggested technical measures to curb animal casualties
'NGT must have suo motu powers'
Justice Swatanter Kumar has been chairing the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for nearly two years now. In an interview to Down To Earth, he speaks …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 13, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 19, 2020)