Environmental crimes: India may take upto 33 yrs to clear case backlog, says report

By the end of 2018, the number of cases pending trial climbed to 48,238

When Gurgaon will mark a 'car-free' day

September 22 is celebrated as a car-free day in more than 200 cities in the world

Simply Put: Pollution unchecked

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2023)

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

70 years on from London’s Great Smog, we still need cleaner air to protect health

After 70 years, we know that health harms exist even at low pollutant levels and that there is no “safe” level

Delhi chokes as its government fails to deliver

Nearly three years into power, the AAP government is yet to deliver on the promises it made before the 2015 elections to clean Delhi’s air

To let citizens die of air pollution is anti-national

Since 1996, it has been a suffocating journey of knowing and forgetting. An insiders' narration of the politics behind the mass murder

Continuous pollution monitoring initiative needs momentum

Although the majority of the industries surveyed by CSE have installed real-time emission monitoring systems, no significant improvements are …

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

Diwali: Nudge practice of not tolerating personal harm

Festival also reminds us that awareness has to nudge change towards environmentally responsible behaviour to support difficult regulatory action

NGT orders closure of 69 industrial areas

Continued polluting activities are criminal offences under the law of the land, the tribunal said in its order

Nordic nations call for a global treaty to reduce marine plastic pollution

This move may also help the world achieve a Sustainable Development Goal, the deadline of which is just six years away

SC directs environment ministry to notify plan to improve Delhi air

The Comprehensive Action Plan is the first-ever comprehensive set of short, medium and long-term measures for key sources of air pollution in …

Factories poison Khed

Villagers angry over chemical effluents in their drinking water

Delhi turns gas chamber again but AAP government in Punjab gives hope

New agricultural practices and technologies can be adopted for high yield with comparatively less stubble

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 23, 2019)

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

Power plant in the dock, third time

Pollutes Irai river in Maharashtra, kills thousands of fish

Air pollution killed 116,000 Indian kids within a month of birth in 2019

Household air pollution accounted for 64% of all neo-natal deaths attributable to air pollution

Udta PM2.5

Instead of rejecting scientific studies on air pollution, the government should come up with better data to arrive at more conclusive findings

The case of pollution control offenders

As told to parliament (December 9, 2021): Yamuna ammonia pollution affects Delhi water supply

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Spurious fuel

Cattle pollute San Joaquin air

Dairies in the US town will need air-operating permits

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 16, 2023)

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 (August 22, 2023)

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