Court digest: Major environmental hearings of the week

The top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Dementia going to increase three-fold by 2050

The estimated annual global cost of dementia is US$ 818 billion, equivalent to more than 1 per cent of global GDP

For the first time, study establishes link between PM 2.5 and breast cancer

A study on US women found that for every one unit increase in PM2.5, the risk factor for breast cancer increased by 4 per cent

Satellite study finds ammonia hotspots over agricultural areas

Ammonia concentration in the atmosphere over India is the highest in the world due to cattle population and excessive fertilizer use, says study

Uttar Pradesh: drought of solutions to a flood of challenges

Poor health infrastructure, energy poverty and agrarian crisis are jostling each other to garner attention of new government

CSE study questions performance of ACs with energy efficiency ratings

The energy performance of room air conditioner drops substantially with the rise in outdoor temperature

Chile announces environmental emergency

Capital Santiago to close 900 industries and keep 40 per cent cars off roads to reduce PM2.5 levels

A maha mess

From heavy traffic to insufficient water supply and extreme pollution, the Kumbh mela suffers from serious mismanagement

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, …

Health class

Enemies of health and allies of poverty join hand to create global havoc, leaving different marks on different classes

When traffic moves

Watch video to find out who wins in this race to emit more. A blue graph will appear shortly on your screen. Do not be alarmed. It is an attempt …

Atmospheric chemistry shifts blame around

Research in atmospheric sciences is booming because of the impending threat to4he world's climate. Every month there is a new study showing new …

EIA notification 2020 in violation of FRA: Activists write to MoEF&CC

The provisions would adversely affect rights of forest dwellers and their right to minor forest produce 

Environmental Impact Assessment: Why the govt needs to re-think its latest draft

The current EIA draft has severely diluted environmental protection, adding to the degradation of the environment; it can become an …

Government must respond to the public health crisis: CSE

Demands stringent measures to cut toxic risk from burgeoning vehicle numbers

Science and Technology - Briefs

Clean air helps reduce health costs by half in Taiyuan city in China

Decade-long measures to check air pollution helped in reducing particulate matter by over 50 per cent in Taiyuan

NDA’s environmental clearance record not significantly different from UPA’s: CSE analysis

Study says that while the Centre’s performance on environment has not been unsatisfactory, it has not done enough to reduce environmental …

Singapore: Breathing Easy

It's all about taming traffic: keeping a tab on the number of vehicles on the road, and promoting public transport. Singapore, one of the …

Report on New Zealand's air pollution

EU to certify buildings for energy efficiency from 2006

Air pollution killing 620,000 Indians every year: Global Burden of Disease report

Six-fold increase in air pollution-related deaths in the past decade, says report that tracks disease causes across the world

Pay for bad air

Lethal cargo

Parliamentary Digest (August 4, 2022): A million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2019-20

All that was discussed in the House through the day