Unintended consequences: Street vendors in India struggle amid the single-use plastic ban
The sudden ban on single-use plastics has left vendors grappling to find suitable alternatives, significantly impacting their businesses
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
United Nations Environment Assembly 5.2: Five aspects of plastic pollution that needs focus
The 5th meeting of UNEA will be held February 28, 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Plastic pollution in Nigeria: whose job is it to clean up the mess?
Nigeria’s rivers, lakes and ocean are also full of discarded plastic
Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush — here’s the proof, captured by high-powered lasers
Aerosol particles containing pathogens are important human disease vectors
Simply Put: Zero Compensation
Learning from past mistakes: It’s time to save urban rivers
Poorly designed, costly interventions need to be avoided to save river ecology
With leaking ship breaking apart, Mauritius heading for ‘catastrophe’
When it breaks, the MV Wakashio could leak 2,500 tonnes more, of oil into the ocean
Dealing with the discarded: E-Waste management in India
India is the third-largest producer of e-waste after China and the United States. More than 95% of this waste is handled by informal sector
Biogas: A sustainable solution for curbing pollution, improving livelihoods & enhancing quality of life
Installing large-scale municipal biogas systems can help cities handle organic waste efficiently
Wildfires will be more frequent, larger and intense due to climate change: UNEP
Lightning strikes and air pollution will also increase due to wildfires according to the UNEP Frontiers report
No place for toxins in circular economy
Plastic materials containing toxic chemicals should not be recycled; they should be phased out
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 15, 2023)
SC observations on air emergency underscore the travesty happening in Delhi: CSE
A bench led by Justice Chandrachud, the Chief Justice of India, told the Centre to consider a two-day lockdown in Delhi given the seriousness of …
Raised shelters, changing crop patterns: How Assam is adapting to frequent floods
Assamese villagers are adopting climate-proofing or flood-resilient mechanisms to cope with floods better
World Environment Day : How trees can purify wastewater and provide economic benefits
The pollutants in wastewater act as nutrients for the trees and plants and also help yield higher fuel wood biomass
Land-based pathogens may hitch a ride on microplastics to oceans: Study
Microplastics can either float over long distances, spreading pathogens; or they can sink to oceanic depths, where filter-feeding animals reside …
Why we may have missed the bus on ensuring paddy co-firing in Delhi-NCR coal plants this year
Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh need to identify the major aggregators in their respective states and ensure allocation of suitable land and …
Water-wisdom for climate change: We must become much more efficient with every drop
The country has learnt critical water lessons through the years — now is the time to put it to practice
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 27, 2023)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 3, 2023)
Light pollution disrupts marine organisms’ hormonal cycles, reproduction: Study
Artificial light can easily wash out the glow of moonlight and starlight, which are important cues for marine organisms
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 21, 2023)
Centre proposes draft rules for Green Credit Programme
The programme will incentivise individuals & organisations to take positive actions for the environment
70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass mountaineering must be confronted
Recent influx of ‘novice mountaineers’, who may expect luxury packages and a guarantee of summiting, can have dangerous consequences