Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 21, 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 (March 17, 2023)
Vietnam’s decision to scrap nuclear energy plans has some lessons for India
The decision dealt a blow to global nuclear energy trade and watered down Japan’s efforts at exporting reactors
Microplastics on agricultural lands may threaten farm productivity: study
Between 110,000 and 730,000 tonnes of microplastics are transferred to agricultural soils in Europe and North America every year
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 19, 2023)
India’s green push for second-generation bioethanol
Could diversify feedstock basket, help secure long-term sustainability with improved economics
Only 7% of total legacy waste in Delhi’s Ghazipur landfill is bio-mined: Report
More fresh municipal solid waste is dumped at the Ghazipur dumpsite than it is capable of processing, according to the report
Single-use plastics: A make or break ban
Plastic items difficult to collect or recycle should be eliminated from use. This is where the current ban, however limited, fits in
How Delhi Master Plan 2041 misses the bus in every aspect
The draft Delhi Master Plan 2041 in its current form, lacks substance, basic data and numbers worth of a Master Plan on a range of issues, from …
Link sanitation, solid waste to agriculture, Niti Aayog advises states
Govt policy think tank asks chief secretaries to extract nutrients from human excreta and use them in place of fertilsers
Why NGT rap on Amazon, Flipkart on 16-yr-old's petition is significant
Green bench directive against e-commerce giants come at a time when plastic waste is choking us
Coca-Cola yet again top global plastic polluter
In 2019, 11,732 pieces of Coke-branded plastic waste was identified from 37 countries. Last year, the beverages brand accounted for 9,216 pieces …
Swachh Bharat Mission: Haryana’s race for ODF tag pushed people in debt traps
Villagers were forced to construct toilets, but were not given subsidy promised under SBM
13th-century water body in Delhi dying for lack of attention, sustained revival plan
Loss of catchments, dumping of waste, sewage discharge and lack of political will are some of the cited reasons behind the present state of …
Self-powered devices to become a reality soon
Researchers from India have built a nanoenergy harvester that can convert ambient energy to electricity
What is threatening ecology of Alappuzha?
The Kerala government needs to stringently regulate houseboats and improve the inland waterway system
Your Very Own Biogas Plant: In Conversation with Priyadarshini Karve
Pune, today, is known as one of the most environmentally conscious cities of India. Home to many people who are environmentally motivated, Pune …
“What does it feel like?”
The news about Fukushima Daiichi nuclear waste leaking into the ocean and groundwater, prompts us to take a look at what the sciences can model …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 13, 2020)
World Environment Day 2023: Waste dumping is polluting the Jhelum in Kashmir with microplastics
Plastic waste is exposed to several environmental elements, breaking it down into microplastics and nanoplastics
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 7, 2022)
Bihar all set to check encephalitis
Open defecation along the Gandak in Uttar Pradesh causes the disease in Bihar, says study
Effluent treatment plants have not proved effective
Tishya Chatterjee , member secretary, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) spoke to Manish Tiwari on the presence of persistent …
Talking in riddles
A recent protocol on compensation to victims of hazardous waste permits the generators to go scot-free
The road ahead
The current method of environmental regulation has failed to monitor industrial pollution in India. It is not just ineffective but expensive too. …