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, …

A measure of pollution

Air quality in Delhi-NCR improves slightly to ‘very poor’

Change in wind direction primarily responsible; situation worsen during weekend

Ganga needs water, not money

Punjab Pollution Control Board goes hi tech

To give clearance over Internet

Faulty data, poor monitoring

A trading scheme for air pollutants could face the usual problem of implementation

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 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 (July 16, 2020)

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

Controls off for diesel generators

Key environmental clause deleted from rules governing diesel generator sets barely six months after implementation

Empty posts in Uttar Pradesh’s Pollution Control Board are affecting implementation of green laws in state

UP one of the most industrialised states, has about 14.2% of the total MSMEs in country

What's happening inside disposal units?

Community boilers for clusters of small-scale enterprises way forward in curbing industrial pollution

A win-win situation for industries, regulators and community

Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency

Xtended Green Node saves time; helps officials monitor industries better

Saleli quarries ordered to close down

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 24-28, 2020)

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

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (March 1-8)

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

New e-waste draft rules promise a broader scope

The 2015 rules boast of clarity and lay down the responsibilities of various stakeholders in clear terms

Lessons Delhi could learn from Beijing to clean up its air act

Delhi's bad air woes are worsened by an unresponsive media, unaware people and a government that does not seem to care

CPCB panel appointed to inspect Utkal Asbestos plant site in Bihar

Patna High Court pulls up state pollution control board for submitting affidavits that contradict each other

New units banned in 8 industrial areas; ban lifted from 10 others

Fresh pollution index revealed increasing pollution in industrial areas from where ban was lifted earlier

Plan to incinerate Bhopal waste at Pithampur

Doubts had been expressed earlier over the capacity of the waste disposal facility in Dhar district

Air pollution sets back global economy by $225 billion

An estimated 5.5 million people died due to air pollution-related diseases in 2013

Simply Put: Pillars of Destruction

WHO report on polluted cities in India a dire warning: CSE

Of the 5,000 odd cities and towns in India, monitoring is being done in only 307 cities

Tough problems need tough solutions

In spite of all the noise about air pollution, we are doing everything to make it worse