Haunted by the past
Five years ago, Nigerian social activist Ken Saro-Wiwa was killed because he fought against multinational oil companies and dared to assert the …
Just passed!
The Indian automobile industry gets a rude shock: its pedestrian performance makes winners look like losers
क्या मिसाल बन सकता है कॉर्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व में अवैध रूप से पेड़ काटने का मामला?
नैनीताल हाईकोर्ट ने जिम कॉर्बेट टाइगर रिजर्व में 6000 से ज…
Hawaii’s devastating wildfire is linked with climate change
Mitigating the impact of wildfires requires a multifaceted approach that involves prevention, preparedness, response and recovery strategies
China’s top court wants green tribunals
Move aimed at checking influence of provincial governments in cases related to environment and resources
The first International Day of Zero Waste: UN draws focus on myriad impacts of garbage
By treating nature like a dumping ground, we are digging our own graves, says UN chief António Guterres
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 24, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
UNCCD CoP 14: 'Public-private partnership can help restore degraded lands'
Private players have skills to bring innovative technology which can help transform land, according to business leaders
Forest rights activists campaign on Twitter to demand CAMPA repeal
Activsts took to Twitter raising issues about misuse of tribal lands, displacement of communities under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act
US Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold
The Plan requires at least a 32-per cent cut in CO2 emissions from the power sector compared to 2005 levels by 2030
Warm-up to kyoto
The industrialise countries have released billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but want the south to play nanny to them and …
Devil quotes the scriptures
The absence of a clear position on the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the clean development mechanism amounts to doublespeak
Trees saving 850 human lives a year in US
In monetary terms, the health benefits caused due to removal of air pollution by trees in the US is $ 6.8 billion a year, says a study
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 15, 2022)
Parliamentary Standing Committee rejects TSR Subramanian report on environmental laws
TSR panel had proposed new law, institutions and mechanisms to fast track green clearances
NDA v UPA? What about a democratic and progressive alliance for environment?
The NDA government has not dismantled the environmental governance structure. But it has also not taken measures to strengthen governance
NGT slaps Rs 25 crore on company for damaging mudflats, mangroves
Das Offshore reclaimed 25 hectares of the inter-tidal region of the Arabian Sea in Raigad district
Ocean acidification poses more serious threat than previously thought
UK’s chief scientists calls attention to increase in ocean acidification by 25 per cent since pre-industrial levels
Environmental clearance must for removing mine dumps in Goa: Union mines ministry
Transporting mineral-rich reject in large quantities will cause air pollution and its processing will produce waste, says ministry
You've got a verdict
Six years of litigation over the Sardar Sarovar dam comes to an end with the Supreme Court giving the go-ahead to construction. The fate of …
Bad environment makes the poor more susceptible to diseases
Since 1997, V Ramaswamy has been working in Priya Manna Basti in Howrah -- a town inhabited by railway porters -- under the Howrah pilot …
GM mustard: Need to address economic issues of using the crop
Some valuable lessons from Bt Cotton were who funds research and development and who will distribute the seeds
Conservatives in US Supreme Court deal blow to climate action
Joe Biden administration’s efforts to decarbonise economy held hostage by Republican majority in Supreme Court
Ease of doing business comes at an environmental cost
India has seen a historic jump in ease of doing business this year, but dilution of legislation to facilitate business will hurt the environment
Uttarakhand: Expert panel recommends overhaul of green clearance policy for hydel projects
Except for Kotibhel 1A project on the Bhagirathi, all other projects would have negative impact on the environment and biodiversity, says panel