Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 21, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why does Beijing value its citizens more than Delhi?
Both cities might have air pollution issues, but Delhi is way behind Beijing as far as awareness and solutions are concerned
Publishing biggies target Delhi University photocopy shop
Students demand right to access study material after Cambridge and Oxford university press move move court against neighbourhood photocopy shop …
Increased stubble fires, calm conditions cause Delhi’s air to become ‘very poor’
The condition will last till October 17, according to the SAFAR website under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences
Pollution emergency demands urgent action
The odd and even scheme has helped to arrest the peaking of pollution in Delhi when hostile weather—no-wind condition, dipping of …
Smog and health of aam aadmi
The mandate is clear. Delhi will have to fulfill the 12th Five Year Plan target of meeting the ambient air quality standards by the end of the …
State cracks down on farmer protest, lookout notices against 44
Amarinder Singh blames Delhi Police for using January 26 protests as excuse to harass genuine farmers
Toxic winter so far for Kolkata, 3 other Bengal cities: CSE
Action in key sectors of pollution will have to be scaled up across region to further bend annual air pollution curve, says non-profit
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 28, 2020)
Delhi air quality dips further: Thursday mostly ‘very poor’
Mundka records ‘severe’ air, season’s worst amid calm winds, stubble fume
Future shock: The leaning towers of Najafgarh Jheel
Why construction activity around the southwest Delhi water body is a recipe for disaster
Task force, flying squads are fine, but what does Delhi’s air really need
A large number of industries in the National Capital Region still operate on dirty fuel; their emissions pollute Delhi air
Water birds on the rise, but it is not all good news
Expert speaks to Down To Earth on the findings of Day 1 of the Asia Water bird Census
This biosensor attached to your phone can sniff bacteria
IIT-Delhi researchers have developed a biosensor and an app that can be used for bacterial detection
Tiny pollutants your body has no defence against unchecked
While there are no regulations or safe standards of PM1 or PM0.1, they can easily penetrate to lungs and block oxygen-blood exchange
14 ways citizens and govt can help reduce air pollution in Delhi
An environmentalist suggests few solutions, which, if adopted by both the administration and the people, can better the capital’s air quality
My clean air concerns
The bottomline is even with the region practically closed down, air quality is still nowhere close to where we need it to be. This should worry …
Toxic air engulfs Delhi-NCR, worse yet to come
Western disturbance may reach North India on November 1 with dust from Pakistan and the Thar Desert and if wind speeds remain low, the dust will …
Delhi HC directs environment ministry to prepare action plan on e-waste inventory
The ministry is asked to look into Centre for Science and Environment's report and prepare an action plan in two months on how an inventory of e-…
Poor air quality a major cause of premature deaths
A study conducted 11 north Indian cities says that annual premature mortality rate linked to air pollution ranges from 150-300 people per 1 lakh …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 27, 2020)
Delhi’s 13.2 million vehicles are now the primary source of its winter pollution: CSE
Delhi needs to urgently work on public transport, walking and cycling infrastructure and parking facilities to reduce traffic congestion, CSE says
Aam aadmi: many promises to keep
There is a new electoral mind embedded deep in the social layers of Delhi that city’s politics cannot ignore anymore
Winter pollution: Diwali night can add 300-600 µg/m3 of PM2.5 to Delhi's air
Delhi’s seasonal winter PM2.5 average had improved during the pandemic, but it stagnated post-pandemic. Action this winter will determine …
Capital owners: Caste hierarchies and racial discrimination affect migrant lives in Delhi; here is how
‘Properties of Rent’ is about the tension between rapidly changing economic realities and parallel attempts by communities like Jats …