Why indoor pollution is as deadly as its outdoor counterpart

With the continual improvement in our quality of life, indoor air quality has become an important area of concern in the 21st century

Freedom from single-use plastics: A dream or an achievable target?

After Modi in his August 15 address appealed to make India free from single-use plastics, the country now needs a robust roadmap to weed it out

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 29, 2019)

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

Run-up to Ottawa: Arctic a ‘hemispheric sink’ for chemicals & plastics; 13 million people in region at risk, says report

Document calls for Just Transition framework; reconnecting with traditional values of Arctic indigenous peoples  

Non-sewered sanitation system in Odisha | DTE Water series

Odisha’s Faecal Sludge and Septage Management has become a model for other states to replicate

Simply Put: Global plastic treaty

Simply Put: Taking Earth for a ride

Looking back at 2021 through DTE's top videos

Simply Put: Pollution does not shorten lifespan in India

Only 4 MPs turn up for parliamentary panel meet to discuss Delhi-NCR air pollution

Letter for meeting was issued a week ago

Simply put: Air Pollution

India has one of the world’s highest ambient air pollution levels

All cities in the country with a population of million plus breathe unhealthy air

Jakarta residents to sue government for poor air quality

20 environmentalists and 37 commoners will file a suit on June 18

World Environment Day in numbers: Air pollution

Corals and sea anemones turn sunscreen into toxins – understanding how could help save coral reefs

A new study found that when corals and sea anemones absorb oxybenzone, their cells turn it into phototoxins, molecules that are harmless in the …

World Environment Day 2021: Pollution will rebound, warns CSE

Analysing air quality shows how tough it is to curb pollution only with forced restrictions: State of India’s Environmenmt 2021: In figures

How illegal fishing harms Nigeria and what to do about it

The country loses $70 million each year to illegal fishing, according to a moderate estimate

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2022)

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 9, 2022)

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

From ‘biologically dead’ to chart-toppingly clean: how the Thames made an extraordinary recovery over 60 years

More investment is needed in new drainage infrastructure across the city to avoid damage from increasingly frequent storm surges and overflows if …

Our broken system of environmental clearance

Environmental impact assessment has become a convoluted exercise, designed for futility  

Bleeding blue: Fast fashion is now poisoning African rivers

Untreated or partially treated effluent from textile factories, usually blue / indigo in colour, is killing African rivers

Sahibi Nadi: How a river was killed

While the death of the Sahibi illustrates the general apathy towards rivers, the same is applicable to every river in India flowing in urban …

COVID-19 flattens peak-hour pollution

The flat rates of peak-hour pollution due to the lockdown proves why strong action is needed to reduce traffic volumes and cut tailpipe emissions …

COVID-19: Dirty air and vice of the virus  

The novel coronavirus pandemic may have lowered air pollution. But this crisis-led change shows how health risk perception makes difficult …