How green is the urea sector?

A comprehensive environmental assessment of India’s urea industry reveals that despite Kafkaesque bureaucratic hurdles from sourcing to …

NGT terminates chairmen of pollution control boards in 10 states

The bench says that the chairpersons are not appropriately qualified to head an important body like SPCB

Proposed new standards on water quality a sheer waste

In absence of proper sewage treatment facilities, the new draft will not be able to ensure quality of both drinking and bathing water

Supreme Court slams Centre for lacking vision to clean Ganga

Asks government to explain why Central Pollution Control Board has no chairperson for the past six months

Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants

Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose

Flawed, but accepted

Pollution board report blames LPG for particulate matter, spares vehicles

Coliform will count

Prime Minister's trophy for steel plant overrides pollution concerns

CSE study had shown companies which bagged the award for best integrated steel plants have poor environmental performance and productivity record

Bhopal to Germany

Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention

Experts rue Uttar Pradesh pollution board's move to reduce brick kiln pollution

A clear technological roadmap for the brick industry is the need of the hour

Natural dumpsite

Firecrackers defy decibel limit

Popular firework brands from Sivakasi exceeded 125 dB sound level

Brick kiln pollutes Pune outskirts

Closure order has no effect on brick-making unit

Public taken for a ride

Fuzzy logic used to justify private helipads

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 24, 2020)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 1, 2022)

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

Staff crunch, expanded mandate hitting pollution control Boards’ performance, finds report

Regulatory scrutiny of polluting sources affected; over 9 agencies have over 40% positions vacant

351 polluted river stretches in India: A list across states

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2018 identified 351 polluted river stretches in India; Maharashtra has the highest number of …

UP, Maharashtra have most critically polluted industrial regions: CSE

Air-quality levels continue to worsen in several industrial regions of UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan despite pollution abatement plans …

Bihar government bans sand mining near river bridges

Move to check illegal sand mining that is destroying foundations of bridges, disturbing water flow of rivers

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2019)

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

Nursing infections

From selling infectious waste to flouting guidelines, hospitals in two major Jharkhand districts highlight the country's casual attitude towards …

Show cause notices to 11 Nashik factories for polluting Godavari

The plastic and food processing factories don’t have proper effluent treatment system

Four-stroke complements CNG

Converting two-stroke autorickshaw engines to CNG not wise