74% brick kilns in Delhi-NCR have not shifted to cleaner technology

Two-thirds of brick kilns in Delhi-NCR are unlikely to meet the deadline to upgrade to a cleaner firing technology

The man who upheld our right to breathe time and again

Outgoing Chief Justice T S Thakur’s statements show his concern over the deteriorating air quality in the national capital

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 2, 2020)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 19, 2020)

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Has COVID-19 lockdown really helped Yamuna health in Delhi?

Domestic sewage comprises 80% of pollution load and continues to get discharged into the river

Implementation of this efficient pollution monitoring system caught in delays

Continuous Emission Monitoring System is a set of equipment that monitors and sends emission data to pollution control agencies every 15 minutes

NGT makes polluters pay nearly double so far this year than whole of 2018

The environment watchdog slapped governments and corporates with penalties worth Rs 873 crore between January and March

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 15-22)

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Brick kilns shifting to cleaner technology, but progress is slow

An order by the Central Pollution Control Board in June asked brick kilns across India to shift to a cleaner and more efficient “induced …

10 years on, Supreme Court order on firecracker composition gathers dust

Authorities have released composition-based guidelines for only four of 40 categories of fireworks

Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely

Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities

Water pollution hot spots identified in Indian rivers

Data is misleading and underestimates pollution, allege scientists

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2020)

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Too hot to handle

India has tightened guidelines for storage of toxic industrial waste. But is it enough?

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2020)

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Hospital critical

High court closes polluting factory

Mahad loses river, crops

Polluting industrial units closed only on paper

Skyscrapers rise on lakebed

Developers want to build further  

Kolkata air cleaner

Two-stroke autorickshaw ban shows results

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 23, 2019)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 2, 2022)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 26, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 15, 2022)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 15, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal