Better quality of judges, exposure to economic issues: What NITI Aayog-funded study of SC, NGT orders prescribes

The analysis of economic impacts due to five select environment-related court orders estimates 75,000 persons were adversely impacted from mid-…

Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Himachal top Down to Earth’s governance rankings

Down To Earth’s State of India’s Environment 2020: In Figures  releases on June 4, 2020

SC bans dirty pet-coke, furnace oil in Haryana, Rajasthan, UP; CSE lauds verdict

The order comes in response to the recommendations of the EPCA that has found very high sulphur levels in these fuels

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 4, 2023)

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

Tamil Nadu order to close Sterlite plant against natural justice: NGT panel

Pollution control board didn’t give company enough notice, says committee; Vedanta, state can make submissions December 7

Sterlite typifies all that's wrong with environmental governance in India

Sterlite Copper's survival despite being shutdown five times in the past two decades owes much to India's malleable regulatory authorities

Is the Tamil Nadu govt order to shut down Sterlite plant legally standing?

While the state says the order was based on the pollution control board’s findings, the opposition and activists doubt its legal strength

UP, Maharashtra have most critically polluted industrial regions: CSE

Air-quality levels continue to worsen in several industrial regions of UP, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan despite pollution abatement plans …

NEERI made way for Sterlite to pollute Tuticorin

The research organization’s efforts to ensure that pollution was not directly attributed to the copper smelting plant led to the SC not …

Mild hybrids: diesel in new disguise?

Diesel vehicles, in the name of 'mild hybrids', are cornering a huge portion of the funds allocated for promotion of electric mobility in India

State manipulating records to help Vedanta?

As the date for gram sabha meetings to decide the fate of mining in Niyamgiri hills nears, activists and Dongria Kondhs allege Odisha government …

Thoothukudi firing: Inquiry report finds police, revenue officials responsible for 13 deaths 

Ex-CM Palaniswami, district collector criticised; strict action recommended against those responsible   

Dahej blast: 3 dead, 32 injured in chemical factory accident

The number of casualties is expected to rise as many victims have received 70 per cent burn injuries  

NGT stays construction in college campus in Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary

Green tribunal says Sharda Group, which runs the Anand Engineering College, has violated conditions of environmental clearance

Chhattisgarh green board to make access to emissions data more user-friendly

Last year, CSE had found that only 19 of 35 pollution control boards were displaying emissions data in the public domain

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

Dahej blast: Experts call for utmost safety in operating industries after lockdown

Since the workforce running industrial units has changed post-lockdown, accidents can happen, they said  

Africa needs to strategise actions for ‘sustainable industrialisation', says UN chief

Agriculture still accounts for the major share of rural household income and employs over 60 per cent of Africa's labour force

Industry 4.0: Smaller Indian firms need policy boost to catch up

Scale and skill two major challenges for MSMEs  

Rising air pollution in West Bengal no longer a Kolkata syndrome

Lack of adequate monitoring of polluting industries beyond Kolkata among causes behind the trend, claim activists

Odisha village wins case against Visaka Industries' asbestos plant

District administration approves Parmanpur panchayat’s decision to cancel no objection certificate to the company

Supreme Court asks NGT to monitor industrial units polluting Ganga

Apex court had recently asked government to explain why Central Pollution Control Board has no chairperson for the past six months

Industry pushes for hybrid insurance model to achieve universal health coverage

Experts believe with implementation of the plan, India's health care would largely depend on the private sector

EU’s top 10 emitters are all coal plants — and 7 of them are repeat offenders

Poland, Germany dominate Europe’s emissions; long-term trend of coal power emissions shows a decline

Green tribunal orders closure of polluting industries along river Ulhas

People living near Dombivali industrial cluster suffer from gastro-intestinal and respiratory diseases but no action was being taken, say activists