Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2023)

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

When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege

What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?

How 3-pond systems helped villagers double yield, save lakhs

A system of three ponds to recycle grey water from the village has helped farmers and panchayats save lakhs of rupees

Delhites, all that rain does not mean you will have a smog-free Diwali. Here is why

Firecrackers, industries, vehicles, date of the festival and late withdrawal of the monsoon, all could cause a repeat of previous Diwalis, experts say

Farm losses: Heavy rains destroy paddy, cotton crops in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh

Scarce rain during monsoon, heavy rain during harvest spell agricultural doom; Bajra, jowar also affected

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 22, 2024)

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

North India Deluge 2023: Yamuna crosses warning mark in Delhi amid heavy rain in upper catchment

The water level is anticipated to rise to 205.5 metres between 10 am and 12 noon on July 11, crossing the danger mark of 205.33 metres  

Wheat crisis: All eyes on weather as mercury shoots up in February

Farmers worry about a repeat of last year even as Centre claims record production for this year

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2022)

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

Reading into new air policy for Delhi-NCR: Focus on prevention, timely intervention

It is clear that positive impact needs participation of wider areas in neighbouring states

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 15, 2022)

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

Cotton Curse: Tired of losses, farmers giving up cotton on a large scale

The production of cotton in Punjab has almost halved in the past decade

Cotton Curse: How pink bollworm developed resistance to Bt Cotton

Entomologists say early and late sowing, long-duration crops and not planting other varieties against advice may have contributed to resistance …

Cotton Curse: No buyers for salvaged produce after pink bollworm wreaks havoc

Labourers refuse to pick leftover crop as yield too low and traders refuse to buy citing poor quality

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2022)

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

Is rainfall linked to pollution? Depends on whether you live north or south of Vindhyas

DTE analyses PM10 spatial data for August 2022 and 2023 

What is ‘dry ice’, at the centre of the Gurugram restaurant incident?

The solid form of carbon dioxide commonly used as a cooling agent in ice cream & frozen desserts must never be touched with ‘…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 21, 2022)

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2023)

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

Unravelling Hindon’s pollution and pursuit of sustainable solutions 

Despite governmetal, judicial intervention, illegal dyeing units continue to operate & pollute the Hindon river 

Stop 10,000 acre Aravalli safari park to save fragile ecosystem: Activists to Haryana CM, MoEFCC

Apart from increasing human footfall, vehicular traffic and construction in the area, the proposed safari park will also disturb critical aquifers

As told to Parliament (March 31, 2022): Gir’s lion density is 15.20 individuals per 100 sq km

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Punjab and Haryana are unable to get out of paddy-wheat cycle; why is that?

Experts say low returns and post harvest losses and management inefficiences among major roadblocks for crop diversification 

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 17, 2023)

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

Damp, snowy weekend ahead: Minimum temperatures to rise, dip again from January 14

Dense fog and cold wave over parts of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for the next 24 hours