Talking about air

Participants at a recent workshop in Hyderabad expressed concern over the growing rate of air pollution in South Asia

Clean and profitable

Pollution control methods are an investment that ensure long-term profits for the corporate sector

Fly for the right price

Strohalm, an environmental group, launches a campaign to tax corporate flyers in the Netherlands

Not for hire

What does the phase-out of commercial vehicles mean to the drivers of autorickshaws and taxis that have gone off the road?

At a tangent

In the melee over moving Kolkata's tanneries to a new site, the initiative to tackle pollution has been nearly lost sight of. The Supreme Court …

Toyota pays up

Toyota Motor Corp will spend US $34 million to finance the improvement of anti-pollution controls on old, publicly-owned buses in the US even …

Maharashtra power plant agrees to set up desulphurisation unit

MAHAGENCO Koradi will be the second inland freshwater-based FGD installation in India

Bengal Barrier: Experts question plan to erect ‘green wall’ on state’s western border and stop pollutants

Research shows that Bengal receives less transboundary pollution compared to other Indian states

‘Air pollution and climate change actions should be connected to reduce impact on people’s health’

Part 2: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution and its health impact 

Delhi-NCR air under emergency for a day & a half, yet no action

Only 16% complaints related to air pollution resolved between October 15 and November 4. Monitoring was closed after 9:30 pm on November 5

Diwali is far, but smog is here

Slow wind speed and pollution build up chokes people; authorities fail to issue health alerts

National Green Tribunal firm on not allowing new polluting industries in Ghaziabad

UP Pollution Control Board fails to furnish satisfactory report to tribunal

Environment ministry rapped

Parliament committee says serious inadequacies in afforestation, biodiversity programmes

Man beaten to death for protesting noisy firecrackers in West Bengal

Disabled youth on wheelchair severely thrashed in Kolkata; police arrest over 1,600 people for violating noise rules, unruly behaviour

Kumbh is fine but why not clean the Ganga all the time?

'Govt can ensure proper flow if it desires, and thus ensure a clean river'

Industrial units get closure notice over pollution

Centralisation of powers, diluted laws: Weak Water Act further diluted by latest amendments, say experts

Environment minister claims impetus to industries, improvement of environment protection while moving bill in Parliament

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

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

Green tribunal orders enquiry on Jodhpur industrial sludge

About 10,000 odd industries in and around the city are dumping waste in river tributary, alleges petition

Haryana has gone deaf

Is show cause notice sufficient to drive compliance in industrial units?

The current regulatory regime is delaying compliance by a decade

Simply put: Fifteen of the 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India

Fire fight

Delhi's Bhalswa landfill has been on fire for more than a week 

Experience of cycling on car free day in Gurgaon

DuPont goes green