DIRTY WATER

Polluters in spotlight

New Laser technology can now determine levels of pollution in waterbodies

Contaminated water

INDIA

Jailed for polluting

A hotel manager faces a jail term for not complying with pollution norms

LAX ATTITUDE

Thirsty for justice

Coal mining grounded

Safety measure

In bad taste

Red alert

No alternative

Curbing MTBE leak is best way to stop groundwater pollution

In court

India losing biodiversity hotspots

Poisoned Punjab: Residents from 40 villages in this town have been protesting for clean water for a year

Reverse boring from alcohol distillery unit polluted groundwater, allege villagers; no action against factory yet

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2022)

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

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

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

Environment ministry issues new draft notification on fly ash with ‘polluter pays’ principle

Power plants have been given an extension of 10 years to progressively utilise their legacy ash

Govt notifies groundwater rules, fails to address major concerns

There’s neither a limit on reusing water extracted by industries, nor is there any clause making them recharge groundwater sources

How the growing “one water” movement is not only helping the environment but also saving millions of dollars

Solutions to floods, droughts and pollution that look upstream, downstream and everywhere in between save dollars and make sense

The West must pay for its external water footprints: expert

Water-stressed developing nations are using significant amount of their water to grow food to be imported to the West

Arabian Sea is suffocating due to toxic algae bloom, and it is going to get worse

The extent and frequency of harmful algae bloom increases, thanks to ocean warming and higher levels of water pollution due to human activities

In Parliament on November 24, 2016

Here’s a round-up of environmental and developmental issues that were discussed and debated in the Lok Sabha

UK plastic waste threatens Arctic ecosystem

Out of the 13 billion single-use plastic bottles annually bought in the UK, only 50 per cent are recycled

Making profits for the West

While western investors are lining their pockets with Papua New Guinea's rich natural resources, all the government is getting in return is a …