Bird flu deaths on the rise, environment ministry issues guidelines
As many as 250 crows in Rajasthan, 1,700 migratory birds in Himachal Pradesh have died since December 2020
COVID-19 lockdown: What Punjab, Himachal are doing to keep substance abuse at bay
Amid lockdown, many substance users have turned to alternate drugs fearing withdrawal symptoms
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 14, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Stranded at top
Rohtang Pass faces an uncertain future as Himachal Pradesh drags its feet over introducing a CNG transport system in the highly eco-sensitive area
Flood fury
Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large-scale destruction, Bihar is the worst-affected
Can forest clearance grantees have their names added in record of rights, MoEF&CC asks states
The environment ministry on February 22 wrote to all states, seeking their views on the matter, according to documents
How climate resilient is Shimla? Not much, shows city’s ground situation
A third of Shimla is at high risk for landslides; more open spaces and green cover needed
Himachal flash floods: Met warns of more events in mountains of north India
Flash floods and cloudburts have been reported in districts of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, including the Ladakh region
Desert healer
Ruhi Kandhari travels to a cold desert in Himachal Pradesh to see how a former bureaucrat is greening it
Himachal farmers have an affair with flowers
Farmers in Himachal Pradesh are ditching traditional food crops to grow aromatic plants that offer higher and assured returns
Forest governance 2.0
Forest dwelling communities have created a new economy courtesy a decade of the Forest Rights Act. Will the bureaucracy support the empowered …
Himachal farmers start growing pomegranate and cabbage, as apple lines recede due to climate change
The apple growing belt is shifting to higher altitudes and intercropping in apple orchards with vegetable crops as it experiences warmer winters …
Nature's wrath
Even flash floods cannot refresh the authorities' understanding of the dynamic and fragile ecosystem of the Himalaya
Climate crisis in North East India: Monsoon variations should ring alarm bells NOW
Over the past century or so, rainfall in the region, along with the flood-drought cycle, has changed character for the worse. The phenomenon has …
Sun lighting up the valley
Solar lighting systems have brightened up the gloomy winters of Himachal Pradesh's Mayad valley
Tapping wastewater
Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue
Himachal model shows the way
Pilot project in Solan district screens patients and uses smartphone-enabled system to manage hypertension
Ban on junk food in plastic bags
Himachal court tells state to stop sale of non-essential items in non-biodegradable packs
Safe as houses
Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. A look into houses in India that have withstood several earthquakes
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 21, 2022)
DTE Explains: The science of cloudbursts
Telangana Chief Minister said cloudbursts may be a 'foreign consipiracy' during his visit to flood-hid Bhadrachalam
It’s been a dry winter in the hills & plains of North India. Here’s why
Infrequent or weak western disturbances from mid-November through the third week of January have affected Rabi crops
Forest Rights Act to cast its shadow on polling in Himachal Pradesh
A large section of people in the hill state are united in their stand to boycott the elections as successive governments have failed to implement FRA
Himachal Pradesh High Court bans junk food in non-biodegradable packs
Judges express hope that move will protect environment as well as children’s health
Difficult to digest
After much debate, the Cabinet cleared the food security bill. Will it really ensure food for every Indian?