US announces first national regulations on safe coal ash disposal
Environment watchdog formulates rules for lining of all ash disposal ponds and to define ash pond’s design and pollution monitoring requirements
Pollution and plants
Ecologists reveal that trees are precise indicators of environmental health, as they show specific symptoms with an increase in air pollution
Talking about pollution
AIR POLLUTION AND CONTROL· K V S G Murali Krishna· Kaushal and Co, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh· Rs 500, 345pp
To save the future
A change is needed in government policy to discourage the use of fossil fuels. Strict pollution control measures have to be implemented
Alarming situation
If fossil fuel emissions go unchecked, there is a possibility of sulphur dioxide emissions increasing four-fold in India by 2020
When homemakers unite
Housewives in Kolkata move the court against the irresponsible and negligent functioning of factories in their area
Dead end for diesel buses
Polluting public transport vehicles sent packing as apex court refuses to extend green makeover deadline
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 20-24, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
THERMAL POWER
Power plants consumed 530 million tonnes of coal in 2014-15, which is around three-fourths of the total coal use in the country
Countries agreed to ban ozone-depleting chemicals in 1980s — but 5 CFCs are increasing to record levels in atmosphere
The 1987 Montreal protocol restricted the release of chlorofluorocarbons to the atmosphere
Almost half of world’s population exposed to indoor air pollution
Experts highlight the hazards of indoor air pollution; call for urgent shift to clean cooking fuel
Living with smokers is as bad as living in polluted cities
Passive smoking can expose non-smokers to three times the officially recommended levels of fine particulate matter
Lessons Delhi could learn from Beijing to clean up its air act
Delhi's bad air woes are worsened by an unresponsive media, unaware people and a government that does not seem to care
Health cost of air pollution in India assessed at 3 per cent of its GDP
Total damage to India because of environmental degradation is US $ 80 billion, says first such national-level economic evaluation made by World Bank
Not a waste until wasted
Punjab farmers burn straw after harvest. It is time to exploit the potential of this agro-waste
Global Burden of Disease ranks air pollution as a top killer
Killer outdoor air contributes to 1.2 million deaths in East Asia which is in throes of high level of economic growth and motorization and 712,…
Soot, unsuitable for the climate
Soot, emitted by burning diesel, is far more responsible for climate change than believed earlier
Auto Fool Policy
The Auto Fuel Policy makes a mockery of Delhi's pollution crisis by proposing a pedestrian roadmap. Live and die with pollution. You deserve …
Near ready for take-off
Environment ministry panel clears Navi Mumbai airport; hotel and golf course put on hold
Draft EIA 2020 notification: Moving beyond technical jargon
It is crucial to envision the EIA as anticipatory, participatory and systematic in nature and a process that relies on multidisciplinary input, …
Whose EIA draft is it anyway — people or project proponents?
The draft Environmental Impact Assessment reflects technocratic language, as it makes public consultation a tertiary issue and focuses on …
Industries to pay for pollution study
Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 23, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
CSE honours over 100 greenest schools in India
Over 700 schools participated in Green Schools Programme; Himachal Pradesh bags the Best Green State Award
Air pollution
The Modi government released the National Air Quality Index (AQI) for public information