Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Stubble burning season starts in Punjab and Haryana
Nasa’s satellite image showed at least 100 such incidents in Punjab in the last 72 hours
BSIV muddle in stimulus package for auto-industry
Why Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's stimulus package for auto sector states the obvious that BSIV vehicles registered before BSVI roll out …
How clouds don’t matter when it comes to radar technologies
Recent remarks make one wonder about the efficacy with which important information is ferried to the prime minister, and if he is aware about how …
BS-VI in NCR: Wise move on All Fools’ Day
Starting today, as a run-up to the BS-VI emissions standards for vehicles next April, the National Capital Region will start selling cleanest …
Just what exactly is a polar vortex?
While the weather phenomenon has acquired currency in international media in the last 2 decades, it is much older than is thought
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
Startup shows how crop residue can generate useful products
Incubated in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Kriya Labs can convert any agro-residue into paper, tableware, bioethanol or fabric
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
Phasing out environment-friendly transport in Kolkata
The state government is also trying to phase out tram lines laid in the city in 1903. Earlier, it banned cycles on more than 174 roads
Wood-based jet fuel may reduce carbon emission, but what about the cost?
Whether isobutanol is made from wood waste or corn, the financial cost of this new fuel is proving to be a major deterrent to industry-wide adoption
Filthy water, toxic air don’t make Rio Games environment-friendly
Large amount of untreated sewage continues to flow into Guanabara Bay, where the Olympic sailing events will take place
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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
CSE study exposes massive environmental dumping of old and used vehicles in Africa, South Asia
Urgent global intervention is needed to stop the unregulated dumping and reduce health and climate risks