How India is getting gas and coal policy wrong
Can the National Water Policy do away with priorities?
Draft document gives industry implicit priority over agriculture in water allocation
Letters
Draft a Bill to protect Ganga, PMO tells environment ministry
Inter-ministerial committee to be set up for drafting legislation
Time to nail pesticides
Centre forms expert committee to frame policy to check residues in fruits, vegetables
UGC guidelines on phasing out animal dissection spark controversy
Is virtual dissection an effective learning tool?
In court
Court stays works on Hyderabad Metro Rail corridor
Reprimands government for realigning the route without consulting the public
Ban likely on junk food in schools
Food safety authority asks states to consider prohibition
Bottled water norms notified
More new norms wanted
News Briefs
Letter
Smog on our tableware?
Ceramic tableware glazed with polluted dust harvested from Delhi’s air is a powerful art medium to connect people with its toxic risk
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 14, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Induction charging on ‘golden quadrilateral’ can make travel between India’s metros cheap, easy
With wireless charging available, battery size of electric vehicles may be reduced, and thereby, reduce the price of EVs
Why did Mumbai become more polluted while Delhi skies cleared up last winter? Climate change may be a factor
Unusual triple dip La Nina triggers, a sign of changing climate, impacted the large-scale wind pattern
Only 32 Indian cities had clean air this January, Delhi, Bhagalpur most polluted
15 cities recorded PM2.5 levels more than double the prescribed standard
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)
Blanket of dust to cover North India in few days; air quality will be hit
These are ominous signs for Delhi, which saw a public health emergency in 2016 and 2017 due to extremely poor air quality