Changing colours of business

In Court

Games people play

Institutions that would help resolve conflicts and take credible decisions have been weakened  

Precipitate

Air pollution and poor power supply can be two sides of the same coin. This is the message of the first environmental audit of electrostatic …

Learning from past mistakes: It’s time to save urban rivers

Poorly designed, costly interventions need to be avoided to save river ecology 

Tribals voice protest against power project in West Bengal’s Ayodhya Hills

Villagers claim that the power project will destroy their forests and elephant habitats

Protest damned

The first tremors of ego clashes have rattled the anti-Tehri dam movement

Selling coal to Newcastle

COMMUNITY PROTECTION

Better the devil you know

Will George W Bush as US president be better than Al Gore for the global environment?

Buckling under

South Africa waters down proposed ban on plastic

News snippets

Ministry of Env. & Forests

Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2024 begins: CSE, DTE release 2024 State of India’s Environment report

2023-24 was a year of ‘polycrisis’, says Sunita Narain at opening ceremony  

Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?

Over 310 people have lost their lives on Mount Everest since 1922, through to the end of the 2022 climbing season

Human empathy is our politics

This year, Down To Earth turns 31 years old. We have promises to keep. And keep them we will

What is MoEF&CC’s compliance module for environmental clearance all about?

The latest notification by the ministry is a step forward in streamlining the process; but some gaps remain

UN takes note of global indigenous fire practices to control wildfires

Indigenous and traditional fire management techniques must be incorporated into policy, UN report says

Clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal right: UN Human Rights Council

UNEP executive director calls on UN member states to consider passing a resolution on right to a clean environment, on the lines of UN Human …

Time to reset our relationship with nature: UN ahead of 5th Environment Assembly

Addressing environmental crises will also help reach sustainable goals such as poverty-alleviation, food and water security and good health, says …

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-…

Highlights of Sunita Narain’s speech at IDS Conference in UK

According to her, the world cannot succeed in environmental management unless we achieve inclusive economic growth

Power producers want government to relax norms for thermal power plants

The new norms announced late last year by the environment ministry have made domestic power producers anxious

Economy that nurtures

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A look at the future

There is, therefore, no dearth of opportunities that can and should be seized to get rid of poverty and illiteracy, improve living standards, and …