Defenders of the earth

Zap! And another pollutant bites the dust

Dirt detector

ECUADOR

Off limits

Paris set to ban SUVs

Cleanup plan

Purity check

Nepal to monitor fuel quality

False promises

ONGC served second closure notice

Hill station hotels ordered shut

All for clean air

Just bend it

Pollution under control tests for diesel vehicles are a big farce

Rigged in India

Pollution control is bypassed with typical ingenuity

Timely action

China's fight against air pollution

As winter approaches, China, which is known for its high air pollution levels, is investing in technology to reduce smog

Waving off pollution inspection not right for ease of doing business

NGT noted large-scale violations of environmental norms by industries, which went unchecked

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2019)

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

Imagining an ideal Green Hour

Green Hour can be used for a transition to a clean environment and a healthier lifestyle

Why Delhi continues to choke year after year

Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury explain the current air pollution situation in Delhi

Dirty air dooms Indians to early death

New analysis of global burden of diseases shows very high rate of increase in early deaths from particulate and ozone pollution. Over a quarter …

Air pollution lowering life expectancy of Indians

Vivek Chattopadhay, CSE’s clean air campaigner, talks about daily struggles that people have to go through due to pollution

Where reducing waste improved quality

A simple waste minimisation technique at an electroplating plant in Delhi improved the quality of its plating and saved the unit Rs 60,000 annually.

Clean up or close down

Threatened with closure on grounds of pollution, Palam Potteries adopted a waste minimisation method that brought down its smoke emissions and …

Car manufacturers spurring battery research

The flywheel is one of the options US car makers have in the search for better batteries to run electric cars that will meet future emission …

Towards greener pastures

Irrespective of the costs incurred, corporate planning would do well to take into account the setting up of an effective pollution control mechanism

Reclaiming clean air

An emissions trading programme, introduced in the US to provide incentives to companies for emission control, could be an effective instrument in …

Dynamics of noise

Researchers in the University of Wales are collaborating with European partners to improve the computer models which predict how a new …