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