The Grand Renaissance Dam: What’s at stake and what could break the deadlock

Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt have been negotiating for five years over the filling and annual operation of the dam. They have not been able to …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 24, 2024)

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

Netravati riverfront project: NGT takes cognisance of CRZ & environmental norm violation allegations, seeks report

National Green Tribunal takes action on Netravati waterfront promenade development project

Major rivers in Africa ran drier than usual in 2021, finds WMO

Water storage levels in river basins up in Africa, decreased in other continents

Devastating Sudan flood: These NASA images show how bad the Nile overflow is

The Nile has breached its banks to the highest levels for the first time in a century

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2024)

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

Ganga drowns in endless consultations

Water resources ministry arranges yet another meeting to discuss Ganga cleaning

On the rocks

Relocating to resuscitate

A political gimmick

When concern for the environment is merely cosmetic, can we hope for a change?

In dire straits

Faith in spate

Sabarimala bursting at the seams with devotees but environmental concerns ignored

Intrinsic link

Cancer linked to polluted water in the Gangetic belt

At the receiving end

Bangladesh jittery over India's river linking scheme

Rains at bay

A new study says that river-linking will affect monsoons in the country

No a los papelones a film on Argentine activists' fear over pulp mill

62 booked in Bhagalpur for idol immersion in violation of NGT directives

According to reports, idols have been immersed in the Ganga and its tributaries across Bihar from Durga Puja till Chhath

Swachh Survekshan 2020: Indore is the cleanest city 4th time in a row

Surat in Gujarat and Navi Mumbai in Maharashtra ranked second and third among the cleanest cities with more than a million population  &…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2020)

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

Study shows sea defences not enough to protect deltaic cities from flood risk

Deltas are natural sites for cities to grow as they offer direct access to the sea and upriver to the hinterland

NGT slams West Bengal’s Bakreshwar thermal plant for fly ash pollution

Residents from surrounding villages say the ash pond is filled above capacity, causing ash to flow into rivers

Ganga mission launches mobile app and site to collect data from public

The government had earlier launched an app to seek information on availability of toilets across the country

Weak link

As Madhya Pradesh's ambitious plan to transport Narmada water to the Malwa plateau takes shape, it demonstrates the futility of river-…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 18, 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 3, 2023)

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