Contradictory claims

Sponsoring a scarcity

The Delhi Jal Board makes every effort to aggravate the water shortage in Delhi

Best kept secret

The Delhi Right to Information Bill 2001 is not without loopholes

No more extensions!

In the dumps

Delhi hospitals continue to flout biomedical waste management norms

Iron mask

Anti-corroding metallurgy found in Delhi's famous iron pillar

All in a day's work

Grand Hyatt leads by example on wastewater recycling

Row over research

Controversy over use of animals for medical experiments hots up

High on sugar

Diabetes on the rise in India

GENSET EMISSION

IMPACT

SC frowns at fuel racket

Sinking feeling

Of rising temperatures and dipping groundwater levels

What is the Indian Social Forum all about?

One cheer for politics

Mohalla sabha brings people and authorities face to face  

Court moots congestion tax for Delhi

Parking a car can be fatal

West Delhi businessman dies in parking brawl

Neela Hauz to breathe easy

Fire in Mundka scrap market

May be good news for landlords who now have metro connection

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 (October 13, 2023)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2020)

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

Budget 2021-22 should incentivise clean fuel for pollution control

Transition to cleaner fuels used for combustion, as done in Beijing, is the most dependable solution to clean Delhi’s air

Delhi and the winter air: Hold your breath, it’s still unsafe

The rush of traffic is a key cause of air pollution — let's not lose sight of this. Dust exacerbates the problem, but&…

Last straw to stubble burning

Straw can be converted into fuel for use in vehicles. It can also replace coal in old power plants, reducing …