Gujarat RIL case study shows weaknesses of environmental impact assessment in India

Focus on economic growth has diluted the EIA in India

‘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

Researchers discover friendly bacteria from CETPs

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 …

Ambient benzene rises in Delhi, Mumbai

Air ware

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

Update

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

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

Court asks polluting plants in Goa to shut down

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

SC committee on toxic waste in midst of a storm

Ecological reasons to oppose Sethusamudram project

Songe iron unit asked to shut shop in Goa

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

PCB issues notices to polluting units in Raipur

‘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

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

Flawed, but accepted

Pollution board report blames LPG for particulate matter, spares vehicles

Mumbai port's coal handling jeopardises public health

Deep waters

Puducherry's plans for a new port have prompted unprecedented protests. Allegations of a huge land grab facilitated by procedural violations and …

Thermal Power projects threaten Ratnagiri's Alphonso mangoes