NGT wants environment compensation regime for non-complying CETPs

NGT directives to CPCB to develop environmental compensation regime for non-complying CETPs may act as deterrence against non-compliance

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2019)

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

Okhla waste-energy plant gets show cause notice

The Timarpur Okhla Waste Management Company has been given 15 days to respond why they defied the terms of the Environment Clearance

Dyeing cities

Textile mills of Pali district in Rajasthan and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu have an annual turnover of over Rs 20,000 crore. But the rivers passing …

India leads list of nations where TB cases go unreported: WHO

Global Tuberculosis Report says 900,000 cases in India are either not diagnosed or not reported to health authorities

Back to the source

Recharging aquifers with treated wastewater is the only hope to meet the water needs of a growing urban population

How to minimise chlorination's adverse health affects

Compromising with a necessary evil: this is literally true for chlorination -- the most widely used technology for disinfecting drinking water. A …

The town farmers built

Oceans Commission proposes eight ways to reverse degradation of high seas

Report calls for urgent global action to save oceans from pollution and acidification

Why excreta matters? Sunita Narain answers

Eco-friendly disposal

Dry clean

A Bangalore slum experiments with ecofriendly toilets

Valley of despair

Unrestrained chromite mining takes Sukinda valley to the edge of an abyss

Green fruits

Officials and industries honoured for their ecofriendly initiatives

Fatally fixated

In short

In short

Slack approach

ONGC asked to stop drilling

People in Tripura complain to environment ministry

Ideas to save government money

COVID-19: 99% active cases are with mild symptoms

Spread of COVID-19 fastest in last seven months; the world added first million cases in four months, last million in four days  

Ironing out a problem?

Water in acid lakes formed after the abandonment of mining activities can now be treated with a technique that manipulates the properties of iron-…

First birthday

Although setting up of the EPA did result in policies to control pollution, political interference has blunted its effectiveness

Barring the muck

The Tihar jail exemplifies how efficient waste management not only makes our surroundings clean, but also endows us with economic benefits. What …

Stink in the leather belt

Calcutta Leather Complex has shifted from the heart of the city to the outskirts on Supreme Court order, but it fails to treat toxic effluent and …