Farmers shun cotton

Delayed monsoons, high input cost make farmers shift to guar, groundnut and pulses

Cotton Curse: Pheromone-based mating disruption technology may help control pink bollworm

Experiments show 90% reduction in losses, improved yield

Why the land and mining mafia in the Aravallis can’t be touched

Political protection, unclear land status keep law and order at risk  

Treating effluents

Fatal impressions

Even occasional exposure to benzene can damage human genes

WATER SHARING

In dire straits

Ration shops to go hi-tech

Smart cards to plug leak in public distribution system

Yamuna claims back Delhi: River inundated city with less water than previous flood years; here is why

Siltation, encroachment, lack of dredging and flushing are to blame, experts tell DTE

Despite police action, farmers approaching Delhi for mega protest event November 26

Haryana seals its borders; farmers vow to protest wherever they are stopped

FOLLOW UP

Gurgaon to bid goodbye to clotheslines

Cotton Curse: Bt Cotton losses by pink bollworm pushing farmers to brink of suicide

Part 1: Recurring losses due to pests in North India compounding farmers’ distress, finds DTE ground report 

Fields on fire: Punjab, Haryana farmers start burning paddy stubble to make way for vegetables

NASA shows 222 incidents of stubble burning in September; Amritsar, Tarn Taran hotspots

Sweet and sticky

Easy-to-digest saathi rice is a good choice for making kheer and khichdi

To store and to have not

Poor planning creates shortage amid plenty

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 11, 2024)

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

Why was post-Diwali air quality better this year?

Wind speed, warmer temperatures helped disperse pollutants 

Diwali pollution: Delhi air quality to be in ‘poor’ & ‘very poor’ categories today, tomorrow

Fire count due to stubble burning low over northwest Delhi as on October 23

What will Supreme Court judgement on Aravalli mean for forest conservation?

Changes to conservation rules may be fast tracked, say activists

NGT orders shut 15 chemical industrial units in Haryana for flouting norms

Experts express concern, point at state pollution control board for poor implementation

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Car-free Gurgaon, really?

It seemed more like a “no parking day” in the city

Hope for vultures

Lethal find

Scientists find high arsenic content in Haryana's groundwater