Lies nailed

37 years of Bhopal gas tragedy: High Covid-19 fatality rate shows health impact of victims wasn't 'temporary'

Age-old questions resurface along with new ones in a novel campaign for justice

Warren Anderson, ‘fugitive’ in Bhopal gas tragedy case, dies in US

He died on September 29 but family members did not announce his death

Bhopal court issues direct summons to Dow Chemical in 1984 gas leak case

Following allegations of non-cooperation from US Department of Justice, a summon has been issued directly to Dow Chemical to appear in the court

Turning rivers into killers

The recent tragedy in Manali caused by flash floods in river Beas raises serious questions on the management of dams and barrages in the country.

Bhopal: 38 years ago, while the world slept, its worst industrial disaster unfolded in the heart of India

Anil Agarwal, founder of Centre for Science and Environment and founder editor of Down To Earth, was in Bhopal immediately after the tragedy. …

SC refuses to restore stiffer charges for Bhopal disaster accused

But says it does not restrain the sessions court from enhancing the charges against them

Uttarakhand: inheritance of loss

After a year of the flood devastated Uttarakhand, DTE takes stock of relief and rehabilitation works

Bhopal: 38 years later, fungal diseases rise among survivors in telling sign of flawed healthcare

Over the last 20 years, 1,175 cases were recorded, of which 670 were from the last five years alone, per the records of Sambhavna Clinic  

10 years of Kedarnath: Things are worsening not improving, experts warn

Experts say the government is ignoring scientists’ advice and continuing cement and iron construction in the sensitive Himalayas

Bhopal gas tragedy: Dow Chemical may finally be held accountable

Madhya Pradesh High Court lifts stay that prevented company from being summoned

No pension for 5,000 Bhopal gas tragedy widows for 18 months

Endless wait for Rs 1,000 a month; victims unable to protest due to COVID-19 pandemic  

Review: ‘The Railway Men’ fails to elevate from soggy soap opera to crackling survival thriller on Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Multiple character arcs, unnecessary storylines turn The Railway Men into a YRF drama that thrives on high use of glycerine, misplaced suspense …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2022)

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

Bihar schoolkids to grow organic vegetables, fruits for their mid-day meals

After a successful pilot project, 20,000 schools will now be given Rs 5,000 each and asked to develop kitchen gardens

'Every fourth AES case in Gorakhpur is of Japanese Encephalitis'

What used to be just 4-7 per cent of the total AES cases every year, increased to 25 per cent this time, said an official from BRD Medical College

Ghost of Bhopal Gas Tragedy: Health issues trickled down to future generations, says study

It has more impacts than thought; nearly 4 decades after the tragedy, future generations are afflicted by disabilities and cancer

Poison, unlimited: India's chemicals industry remains dangerously

India has failed to come up with effective legislations for its chemical industry even 35 years after the Bhopal tragedy

Birth defects remain high in Bhopal gas survivors 35 years after disaster

An unpublished ICMR report found 9 per cent newborns of gas victims had birth defects as against 1.3 per cent newborns of non-victims

Bhopal protesters knock on Dow Chemical's door in Mumbai

Demand clean up of toxins in soil and water around Union Carbide plant, production of absconding corporation officials before Indian court

Lawsuit in US shows fresh evidence to nail Union Carbide role in Bhopal gas disaster

Previous lawsuit by gas disaster survivors was dismissed by US court for lack of sufficient evidence to show company was liable for environmental …

76 years of environmentalism

The most important gain of India’s environmental movement is the voice it has given to its citizens. This is the soul of the movement

Bhopal gas disaster: Dow Chemical fails to comply with court summons

Activists blame Ministry of Home affairs for not taking the matter seriously

Groundwater contamination around Union Carbide factory is now officially confirmed

Indian Institute of Toxicology Research says the contaminant levels are not a public health concern because drinking water is supplied by …

Mystery behind Gorakhpur encephalitis deaths: is scrub typhus the likely cause?

Scrub typhus is caused by the Orientia tsutsugamushi bacterium, which is introduced in humans from the bites of the infected larvae of a certain …