China

General Electric sued

South Korea

THE PHILIPPINES

Murray running dry

Too close for comfort

Heads roll

After a chemicals factory pollutes a river in China

Alien waters, photography exhibition

Repair sewers or go to jail

Money talks

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 22-27, 2020)

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

Ensure development doesn’t go against the flow of Himachal rivers, activists ask govt

Activists staged a dharna and sent a 10-point memorandum to the CM demanding clean and free-flowing Himalayan rivers

People must be told that Ganga water is even unfit for bathing: NGT

The court is of the opinion that common people should be informed about the impacts of polluted river water

Open defecation, waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains will invite penalty of Rs 5,000: NGT

It directed Delhi government to take immediate action against industries that are a major source of pollution to the river  

Unshackling the Ganga

The Ganga Mukti Andolan is endeavouring to free a stretch of the Ganga -- and the exploited fisherfolk that derive their livelihood from it -- …

Damning the Danube...

...is yet another example of monstrous short-sightedness on the part of governments bent on addressing their needs without a thought for the …

Dead fish tell tales

...as the case of Betwa proves. Tales which have the power to move a whole town in Madhya Pradesh and send the notoriously slothful official …

Water visions

Past experiences in tackling river pollution have been disheartening. The recent call for recognising this water source as an ecosystem is a …

Book review: Waterlines by Amita Baviskar

Rivers are wellsprings of life. They give birth to civilisations, sustain livelihoods and sometimes even trigger wars. Rivers inspire awe and …

Learning from past mistakes: It’s time to save urban rivers

Poorly designed, costly interventions need to be avoided to save river ecology 

Howrah, the polluter

The buck stops here

Dam of death

The case of pollution control offenders

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