Roots of the rut

Book>> Here on Earth: A New Beginning by Tim Flannery • Penguin • Rs 700  

Environment for change

Shifting over to sustainable agriculture requires a new climate for convincing and aiding farmers to change the existing practices

Superbugs pose alarming threat to public health: EU report

The report finds high drug-resistance in three common zoonotic bacteria, which can be transferred to humans through food or environment

Saving Krishna's forests

This is the story of Friends of Vrindavan, a unique experiment in conservation, which brings to attention the important role that India's …

Earth’s magnetic field broke down 42,000 years ago and caused massive sudden climate change

The ozone layer was destroyed, electrical storms raged across the tropics, solar winds generated spectacular light shows, Arctic air poured …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 4, 2020)

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

The credo of an economist

Long-term economic growth is impossible through any act that pits humankind against the environment

Disappointing and poorly done

There is no merit in the Morse committee's philosophy which can be summed up as 'do nothing till you've done everything'

Drowing in dung in Holland

A Vision from the South Mercio Games, Chandra Kirana, Somi Songanbele, Rajiv Vora Publisher: International Books of Utrecht Price: Not stated

A bean full of problems

In utter disregard of environmental and health safety norms, the Indian government has okayed a deal for import of soybean to satisfy oil …

Water-sensitive innovations to transform health of slums and environment

A five-year project announced today will implement an innovative water-sensitive approach tailored to informal settlements. The goal is to …

Pune citizens keep watchful eye on their city

Concerned residents of the city have formed groups to ensure the municipal authorities take care to keep the city clean, green and functioning.

Expose the exposome

Human body maintains a record of all environmental exposures, from pollutants to diet and stress. Analysing the record, dubbed exposome, can help …

Should free trade include toxic dumping?

Many European nations have banned the free passage of toxic waste between borders, despite the common-market concept.

New viruses on the prowl

Humans have exposed themselves to a host of new viral diseases by playing around too much with the environment

SAARC ratifies committee on environment

The ad hoc South Asian technical committee for environmental reforms is accorded permanent status

Protests over toxic gold mining at Nile: Will there be truce in Sudan

A vicious network of gold smuggling has over taken the region following the Russia-aided military coup in 2021 

Climate effect: Airborne pollen in United States may go up by 2050

Pollen season will start earlier and last longer throughout the US, simulations by researchers show

Delhi, throught a ;mist of nostalgia

AIR, WATER, garbage, radon toxicity, sludge, noise. More than a part of our daily lives, these are perennial if hackneyed jargon. Few people …

Green justice: up in smoke?

Aided by officialdom and politicos, polluting industries seem well cushioned against thunderous court orders

DISTRESS SIGNALS

New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback

DYING FOR PROGRESS

The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation

Sustainable solutions

BOOK >> A Community Guide to Environmental Health Jeff Conant and Pam Fadem Hesperian Foundation June 2008

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 6, 2023)

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

Playing with poison

It is better to act early, than wait for ddt to take its toll on humans