CSE analysis finds bias towards dust control due to CPCB assessment for funding
PM 10 levels considered for disbursing funds; Barely any difference in PM 2.5 levels between NCAP and non-NCAP cities
Medical waste incineration plant in Bihar’s Sone river bed faces public flak
The waste generated from 98 industrial units across Bihar will be transported to the proposed unit for burning, posing health risks to …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 5, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Multi-pollutant crisis in Delhi-NCR: Ozone pollution another deadly contributor
With high pollution levels and growing heat stress due to climate change, the ozone level is frequently exceeding the standards
Delayed by design
Retrofitting India's coal-based power plants as per the new standards that will be in force from 2017 remains an uphill task
Religious group joins protest against pollution of Yamuna
Protest march from Vrindavan near Mathura culminates in Delhi on the occasion of World Water Day
Everybody loves waterbody
Amid murder of an activist, 4,000 missing ponds and 195 FIRs on encroachments in East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal mulls a wetland policy
Unruffled flakes
Pig iron plant of Sesa Goa pollutes South Goa; firm says expansion will take care of problems
Sponge iron’s dirty growth
In the years to come, India's expanding steel production will be largely driven by sponge iron. But its manufacturing process, based on coal, is …
Vilappil residents force police to retreat
Kerala village panchayat demands permanent closure of waste treatment plant
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 16, 2024)
Granite greed
Frenzied quarrying destroys livelihoods and environment in Karimnagar
49 industrial units in Gujarat receive closure notice
GPCB issues closure noticeto 49 industrial units
Hussain Sagar goes to toxic waste
Five years on, no progress on project to clean 16th century lake
Mine-boggling
Officials in Orissa allowed leases to lapse so that companies could mine on the sly
Sewage discharge in Ganga: NGT orders Uttarakhand PCB to take criminal action against officials concerned
Just half of total sewage generated daily in 13 districts treated properly before being dumped in river
Thermal power plants in Singrauli, Sonbhadra under NGT radar again
In July 14, 2020 order, the tribunal orders remedial action against thermal power plants; directs NTPC Vindhyachal to pay Rs 10 cr in …
Warning: Air quality in North India may turn ‘severe’ by Diwali
AQI in Delhi-NCR between ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ range October 22, 2022
Increased stubble fires, calm conditions cause Delhi’s air to become ‘very poor’
The condition will last till October 17, according to the SAFAR website under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 11, 2020)
Will implement odd-even without exemptions: Delhi government tells NGT
The Delhi government had withdrawn its decision to bring back the odd-even scheme for an interim period sighting safety issues for women
Prepare emission standards for industries in NCR by June: Supreme Court asks CPCB
Use of cheap and dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil is rampant in NCR due to the lack of a benchmark on emissions
NGT judgement on Okhla waste plant: no lessons learned
National Green Tribunal has, once again, made clear that it advocates a centralised system for waste processing which may not serve a long-term …
Letters
Green tribunal panel finds ash from Okhla plant 'truly hazardous'
Tribunal directs waste management company to control emissions, record plastic content of waste