Unruffled flakes
Pig iron plant of Sesa Goa pollutes South Goa; firm says expansion will take care of problems
Who messed it up?
Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work
Defiling the sacred
How the environment --- sacred to Hindus --- is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 14, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Disciplining the enfants terrible of industry
Small is not always beautiful: Small-scale industries in India account for only 35 per cent of the country's industrial production, but their …
NGT orders strict action against Delhi’s Yamuna-polluting industries
Despite several court orders and crores of rupees spent on cleaning the river, the Delhi stretch continues to be the most polluted
Behind polluted Indian river stretches, inadequate sewage treatment
Rivers and streams in 31 states and Union territories in India do not meet water quality criteria
River pollution, conservation: UP’s fishing community bears brunt
Regulations of industrial, municipal inflow in Ganga, at the centre of pollution mitigation policies, have dissociated rivers from riverine …
Time for new environmentalism
Wishing all our readers a happy World Environment Day, with the hope that the world will continue to work towards paying more than mere lip …
A tinge of green
Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just-concluded assembly elections.
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 30, 2020)
Bullets for water
During a chance visit to Weliweriya, Sugandh Juneja wonders what took the Sri Lankan government so long to heed people’s complaints against …
Why better sewage management in Chennai will help fight floods
Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain explains how the city's three rivers and 320 tanks and lakes that worked as flood barriers are used mostly for …
Fading colours
Natural dyes, now popular in the West, are yet to make it big in the Indian market, reports R V Singh (Read full article)
The Ganga gets highly polluted after Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh: Report
The quality of Ganga water in the stretch from Kannauj to Prayagraj was categorised as being extremely deficient in dissolved oxygen
Farmers affected by Karur’s dye industry to exercise NOTA
Group has 1,750 farmers says pollution from industries has reduced them to poverty and political parties in power ignored their repeated pleas
Water from waste
With water scarcity gripping many parts of the country, people are talking about rainwater harvesting, but none about wastewater, which can also …
Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable
A government committee wants regime change to facilitate private investment in mining. What it is oblivious to is the need for more regulation to …
Untreated effluents released in Mumbai rivers, industries flout norms: Report
The Ulhas and its tributary Waldhuni are among 53 of the most polluted rivers in Maharashtra
Yamuna pollution: green tribunal orders operation clean-up in Delhi
Order sets heavy penalties for polluters and asks for drains to be kept clear of encroachment
Towards zero discharge
Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams
‘Ambarnath chemical accident everyday occurrence in Thane area’
Residents allege state pollution control board has been allowing industries to pollute Ulhaas river and its tributaries by circumventing court orders
Heightened risk
“Superbug” gene levels in microbes are 60 per cent higher in the upper Gangetic areas during pilgrimage season
Livelihoods of 3 bln people living near river systems under threat: Study
Damming, sediment mining, water diversions and groundwater extraction inhibit efforts to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, says report
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 10, 2020)