Methane emissions rose 576 mln tonnes every year between 2008 and 2017: Studies

Emissions increase 9% compared to last decade; atmospheric concentration rises by 1,875 parts per billion from the 1850s

Small fish, big net

In the face of a rising demand for fish and a stagnating aquaculture growth, government wakes up to the potential of small fishery

Water poisoning has officials in a tizzy

As confusion reigns over how municipal water in three Agra localities was contaminated, self-appointed social workers are trying to exploit the …

Wishful thinking

The finance minister's budget speech has come and gone. As analysts sit down to shred it to bits, Down To Earth looks at a wish list of …

UN 2023 Water Conference: 46 years after Mar del Plata, it’s time to examine the successes and failures

Access to clean water and sanitation remains a significant challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in low-income countries and …

Curtain raiser: Here is what we can expect from the upcoming UN 2023 Water Conference

Conference will focus on ensuring that countries deliver on promises already made and are designed to be action-oriented, inclusive and cross-sectoral

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 13, 2020)

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

Under continuous check

The continuous emission monitoring system to curb air and water pollution can herald a new era in India's environmental regime

China proposes stiffer fines for polluters

Instead of a one off fine, government proposes daily fines for polluters who fail to heed notices

Dilli's world class pretensions exposed

At the outset, I wish to express my profound sense of shock and sadness at Sunita Narain’s unfortunate accident. I continue to pray and …

High court halts seizure of Ganesha idols by Nagpur civic agency

Municipal corporation rapped for delaying ban on plaster of Paris idols that pollute the city's water bodies

A fill of wastes

A special landfill site has been designed in New Zealand to exclusively handle toxic wastes. The use of a unique leachate system helps in …

World Environment Day 2023: Waste dumping is polluting the Jhelum in Kashmir with microplastics

Plastic waste is exposed to several environmental elements, breaking it down into microplastics and nanoplastics

Ganga clean-up deadline revised again, but is it achievable?

Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat still has a number of challenges ahead if the target is to be achieved within next two years

New projects launched for real-time monitoring of air and water quality

Launched by the Department of Science and Technology and the Corporate Research Council of Intel, the 4 new projects include real-time river …

Cleaning trees

Phytoremediation gets another shot in the arm as Japanese researchers transform conifer leaves to fantastic cleaning agents

Fishy deaths

The mystery of large-scale fish fatalities in the Yamuna near Agra and the conflicting official theoriesA report by Prabhanjan Verma

Wash out

In the guise of making washing easy, detergents are directing a chemical fusillade at the environment in the absence of regulation, discovers …

Only 50% of India’s pollution authorities make real-time data public: CSE analysis

As of February 2020, nearly 39% pollution control boards (states and Union territories) shared data in public domain 

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms

Ghaziabad is ignoring its waterbodies despite court rulings

The Uttar Pradesh government has not submitted any action taken report on measures taken to restore waterbodies in the last seven months

Another Kasaragod

Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media …

Poison river

Mythology has named Yamuna after the sister of Yama, the Hindu God of death. With the presence of toxic pesticides and chemicals in the river, …

Waiting for a miracle

Citizens approaching the courts for protecting lakes in cities is all very well. But in the end, it is a choice between using land for water or …

Draft EIA 2020 undercuts India’s biodiversity and climate goals

The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in …