Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 12, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Unprecedented ozone levels have made Delhi air more toxic: CSE analysis
Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad also show worrying trends
Book Excerpt: And quiet flowed the Yamuna, from Lal Kot to New Delhi
Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli write about how intertwined the Yamuna is with the story of Delhi
Will India be able to survive heatwaves of the future?
Over the last 60 years, India has witnessed a rise in meteorological droughts and heatwaves, with the frequency and intensity increasing
How Delhi’s resettlement colonies have set a new standard for peripheralisation
Delhi’s resettlement colonies lie within the framework of a ‘planned city’; yet they receive a treatment separate from planned …
Delayed paddy plantation has cascading effect on north India’s air pollution: Harvard University
Delhi and other parts of the region can experience lesser pollution if certain districts of Punjab do not delay planting paddy, say researchers
‘Air pollution cuts India’s average life expectancy by 5 years’
Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo are the others mentioned in a new report by the University of Chicago
Diwali: Nudge practice of not tolerating personal harm
Festival also reminds us that awareness has to nudge change towards environmentally responsible behaviour to support difficult regulatory action
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 14, 2024)
COVID-19 update: India records 5,880 fresh cases, active caseload crosses 35,000
With the daily positivity rate touching 6.91 per cent, several states have brought back the mandatory usage of masks and social distancing
Most NCR thermal power plants exceed MOEFCC emission norms, adding to region’s pollution problem
Recent CSE analysis found just two of 11 plants have SO2 control measures, just one compliant with standards
How air pollution impacts human health: Unpacking the science
Two-thirds of the death burden occurs in developing Asia, including India
DTE Coverage of Delhi G20 Summit 2023
DTE delved into the environmental angle of the negotiations at Bharat Mandapam
Simply Put: Delhi holds breath for results of pollution control measures to show
Footfalls low, confusion over odd-even system at markets as Delhi unlocks amid fourth COVID-19 wave
Annual ritual: Haryana makes Yamuna brim in Delhi again
The river is brimming due to water released by Harayana from the Hathnikund barrage a few days ago
Sahibi Nadi: How a river was killed
While the death of the Sahibi illustrates the general apathy towards rivers, the same is applicable to every river in India flowing in urban …
Reviving NCR’s air: CAQM submits action plan to NGT, mostly in line with CSE recommendations
The action plan incorporates the updating of emission inventories and source apportionment studies across the entire NCR
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 4, 2023)
India’s air quality management needs transboundary accountability to be effective
Existing policy levers and lessons from global experiences can help form an airshed-level air quality management framework
Market and mitigation dominated G20 climate actions — not a good signal leading to COP28, claim experts
Woefully inadequate in response to Global Stocktake Report and unlikely to keep temperature rise within 1.5°C
Delhi government to set up Rs 10.3 crore water recycling plant in Bawana
At present, Bawana water treatment plant lacks a recycling plant leading to acute wastage of water
Delhites, all that rain does not mean you will have a smog-free Diwali. Here is why
Firecrackers, industries, vehicles, date of the festival and late withdrawal of the monsoon, all could cause a repeat of previous Diwalis, experts say
Diwali amid COVID-19: Will NGT order be enough to keep people from fireworks?
Air quality remains severe in Capital Delhi for 5th day straight
WATCH: Kisan Sansad or farmers’ parliament starts at Delhi's Jantar Mantar
The farmers want the centre to take back the three controversial farm laws