India witnessed worst levels of human-induced air pollution during 2018-2021: Study
Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai recorded huge fluctuations in terms of air pollution
Biomass pellets: CPCB’s revised grants highly inadequate to close demand-supply gap
CPCB has underestimated the cost of setting up a pellet manufacturing unit, say experts
Antimicrobial resistance: India needs waste management, process control to prevent antibiotic pollution
Manufacturing process needs control measures; 43% of world’s rivers contaminated with active pharmaceutical ingredients
World Environmental Health Day: Green issues need to be actively taught in schools, universities
Supreme Court in 1991 had directed environment be taught compulsorily at every level of education
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
Funds for clean air: Get the blueprint right
Committed funds for clean air action excites hope. Needs strong performance metrics. But there are also risks of underfunding some key sectors of …
EPCA directs slew of measures as Delhi air turns noxious again
Diesel generator sets to be banned; construction and industrial projects asked to adhere strictly to norms
Poisoned Punjab: Mystery illnesses haunt this Fazilka hamlet dependent on canal water
Down To Earth ground report finds around 30 cancer deaths in 12 years in Burj Mohar in Fazilka district
‘Nitrogen dioxide pollution is a growing issue for South Asian cities’
Part 1: Health Effects Institute researcher Pallavi Pant speaks about air pollution challenges faced by south Asian cities
Chhattisgarh green board to make access to emissions data more user-friendly
Last year, CSE had found that only 19 of 35 pollution control boards were displaying emissions data in the public domain
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 8, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Gaurav Gogoi to table bill for changing air pollution law
Congress MP said updating 1981 legislation concerning air pollution was need of the hour
Namami Gange: 5 reasons why Ganga will not be clean by 2020
Even after 4 years and an allotment of Rs 22,000 crore, Modi’s flagship programme is far from being a success
Green norms breach: 15 coal-firing power plants fined Rs 38 cr
Units ordered to deposit penalties by June 5; Central Pollution Control Board may pursue closure orders
Microplastics in Nigeria’s Osun River: New study flags alarmingly high levels
A recent study found as many as 22,079 pieces of microplastic in just a litre of water
Simply Put: Editing out the problem
Stubble burning crisis: Why thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR have been slow in adopting biomass co-firing
Only three plants have reported higher quantities of biomass co-firing since December 2022 till August 2023
Simply Put: G20 summit in pollution capital
Simply Put: Pillars of Destruction
Massive coal use in Mumbai’s industrial clusters worsening city’s air quality: CSE study
Inaction may lead to Mumbai’s air turning as toxic as Delhi’s, warn experts
Odisha begins process to extract oil from grounded ship in Chilika
The Malaysian ship has been lying grounded in the lake since August 7
Air pollution is not letting the world sleep well
American researchers find that increasing pollutants in ambient air causes sleep apnea
Anti-Sterlite protest in Tamil Nadu turns violent, at least 11 killed in police firing
At least 30 others were injured when police opened fire to quell the protest
WHO report on polluted cities in India a dire warning: CSE
Of the 5,000 odd cities and towns in India, monitoring is being done in only 307 cities
Life of Plastic: India’s petrochemical industry is a part of its ‘polymer problem’, says CSE; yet it is encouraged
India plans to position itself as a major exporter of basic petrochemicals, CSE’s new report hints