Placing stone crushers in ‘green’ category will create a huge environmental mess

CPCB draft report on classification of industries intends to shift stone crushing to green category from orange

Coimbatore residents oppose setting up of sewage treatment plant

Threaten to sit on protest if the plant is not relocated

Change is in the process

Suppressed CNG facts

Pollution watchdog’s study on fuels is full of loopholes

Poor AQI in Patna: OPDs fill up with chest infections, breathlessness

City’s air quality index was 231 on November 17, 2021

Diwali 2021: Delhites can expect a smoggy and hazy morning November 5

Delhi-NCR proves pollution monitors wrong with spike in PM2.5 and PM10

India’s sewage treatment plants treat only a third of the sewage generated daily: CPCB

Reuse of treated sewage can decrease the water demand from aquatic sources

Ganga equally polluted in pre- and post-monsoon phase: CPCB report

Prepared in June this year, the report was declassified recently

New plastic waste management rules leave out vital points

One aspect that was not dealt with was the informal sector of waste collection

Court cracks down

Hand-holding must to make India’s jaggery units sustainable

Innovation in low-cost pollution-control technologies is needed for a cleaner and sustainable MSME sector in India

Pollution control boards aren’t underfunded but investing their surplus into fixed deposits: Report

An amount of Rs 2,893 crore found to be invested in fixed deposits by 10 pollution regulators

District judge to supervise next public hearing on Maliparbat bauxite mine in Koraput

Usually district magistrate or the additional district magistrate presides over public hearings

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

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

DTE Investigation: CPCB failed to recover fines from Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Reliance, Adani in last 30 years

Central Pollution Control Board says has no information on court cases for which it has to collect environmental fines

New rules put larger onus on small, medium poultry farms

Till now, small poultry farms in India were exempt from environmental laws but this will change now

Sugar unit infringes environmental norms: How does it affect lives in Amroha

The plea alleges that pollution from the unit puts in danger the health of 5,000 students and 0.1 million inhabitants of 15 villages

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 25, 2020)

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

Delhi should be ready for 'severe' air again

Northwesterlies bring in stubble burning fumes into capital; low temperature, slow winds keep them trapped

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 29, 2019)

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

After SC order, CPCB uploads studies on impacts of pollution on health

A total of 13 studies, conducted since 2010, have been uploaded. Out of these, only four are on impacts of air pollution on health

KSPCB has existed for 4 decades, but kept no record of pollution sources: CAG

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

High court eases loudspeaker ban

Knight Riders cheer; green activists see red

Deafening Noise

Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters