Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 29, 2024)

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

Civil engineering for a social planet

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Arsenic fixer identified

Knocking off the plant gene could check arsenic poisoning

Beauty has its uses

Ornamental plants clean the water they grow in

Time to address Delhi’s rising challenge of legacy waste: If not now, when?

If the current trend of dumping fresh waste continues, Delhi will have to deal with an additional 1 crore tonnes of waste in another 5 years,…

Chromium digesters

Bacteria can absorb the toxic chemical

Bioremediation works

Appetite for sewage

Bacteria feed on pollutants in sewage, kill odour, but are they a complete solution?

Cure for yellow stream

Green algae can revitalise streams poisoned with mine acids  

Oil’s crude touch in Gujarat

ONGC’s oilfields are ruining farms in Gujarat

Science and Technology - Briefs

Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …