Mahoba mess continues: NGT seeks report on stone mining

Case before green court alleges air, noise pollution    

This Pune stone-crusher unit shows how to do it properly

Mangrul village unit runs on best practices despite being surrounded by polluting ones

Development Deathtraps

Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame

Stones at stones' worth

Industrial diamonds can now be produced cheaply

Stones of contention

Meteor shower sparks row in Orissa

It's about silicosis

It's also about not compensating suffering mineworkers

CPCB’s new guidelines for India’s stone crusher sector a welcome step

CPCB guidelines in alignment with recommendations made by non-profit Centre for Science and Environment

Villagers protest relocation of stone-crushers

Ordered by the Supreme Court to shift stone-crushers from the Delhi-Faridabad border, officials have arbitrarily moved them to a nearby village, …

Last gasps

WAIT UNTIL DEATH Perspectives Audio Visuals Bengali S-VHS/Umatic 55 mins (English subtitles) Supriya Sen, Samit Basu-Mallik, Tathagatha Banerjee, …

Illegal stone quarrying causing kidney disease in Odisha's Jajpur district

Locals allege that illegal stone quarrying in Dharmshala block of Odisha is contaminating the nearby source of water, leading to kidney diseases

Reviving traditions

On a glittering trail

Researchers unravel the origins of some of the most precious emeralds known to humankind

Diamonds are not forever

Scientists are busy looking for a compound which they say is going to replace diamond as the hardest substance

Sparkles galore

Shimmering diamonds are not just earthly in origin. They can also be interstellar and meteoritic. From the depths of the earth to the expanses of …

Stones from above

Harder than diamonds

A swami and sand mafia

Uttarakhand banned mining along Ganga over and again. Will it obey court order this time?

Closure of stone crushers leaves labour high and dry

Kath-Kuni: A young architect brings back the glory of his homeland's traditional architecture

Rahul Bhushan, a 29-year-old Himachali local and alumnus of CEPT is trying to bring back the glory of Kath-Kuni structures

Crushing job: Study points out risks for migrant workers at stone quarries

National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj found significant child labour at quarries in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 9, 2022)

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

Quarrying suspended in Navi Mumbai’s Parsik Hill as authorities review mining lease

Residents and civil society want an end to the quarrying with air pollution levels rising to hundred times the acceptable levels

Haryana’s draft norms on stone crushers is old wine in a new bottle

Most units in the state do not comply with existing guidelines, CSE report finds

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 29, 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 (September 4, 2019)

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