Green tribunal fines appellant for frivolous litigation

Baijnath Prajapati had challenged the environmental clearance granted to a thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh but later withdrew his plea

Coal mine expansion made easy

One-time capacity expansion does not require public hearing, says environment ministry

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Protests at Bihar asbestos unit

Deaths, diseases, skin ailments are common, complain residents

Blatant lies for laterite

Andhra pollution control board holds public hearing for a project in Schedule Five area  

Governance failure

How agencies meant to regulate mining conspired in the loot

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2020)

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 (July 14, 2020)

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

Tribunal makes Noida factory comply with green regulations

Chrome plating unit in Noida is the second factory in the industrial area that has been allowed to resume operations after complying with …

Towards zero discharge

Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams

Karnataka pollution board halts dumping of Bengaluru's garbage at Ramky landfill

Gives operators three months to clean up the area

Rajasthan pollution board issues directives on waste disposal a second time

Municipal bodies deny receiving them

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2020)

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

CPCB flags railway stations on green parameters

The Central Pollution Control Board assessed 36 stations or 5% of the major stations in India

Turtles in trouble

Faulty lake development design is pushing rare Bostami turtle of Tripura to extinction in its only known refuge—the Kalyan Sagar lake

Prime Minister's trophy for steel plant overrides pollution concerns

CSE study had shown companies which bagged the award for best integrated steel plants have poor environmental performance and productivity record

Rules of e-dump

Loopholes in new rules for electronic waste make it difficult to regulate informal sector

Stinking for two decades

Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits

Utkal Asbestos sues Bihar government over Nitish remark

Case filed after chief minister takes a stand against asbestos companies

Wash and melt: Idol immersion in Bengal turns a green leaf

Manpower minimised, water used in the process recycled; environmentalists hail the model, but implementation under cloud

Utkal asbestos plant's no-objection certificate cancelled

Bihar Pollution Control Board's fact-finding team corroborates activists’ allegations of land purchase under false pretext

Mormugao port expansion: public hearing adjourned third time

Analysis by non-profit Centre for Science and Environment reveals flaws in the project’s environmental impact assessment

Steeled up

Unable to bear pollution any longer, people in Kotdwar force Uttarakhand to commission an independent assessment of steel factories in the region

Cry of a river

A little known river in UP is struggling for survival. Untreated effluent, delayed action to blame

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