Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable
A government committee wants regime change to facilitate private investment in mining. What it is oblivious to is the need for more regulation to …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
No one is cleaning up
25 years on, thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste is scattered around the Union Carbide factory
Stinking for two decades
Industrial effluent is contaminating Gujarat villages, but the authorities have not nailed the culprits
SC extends endosulfan ban
Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod
Steeled up
Unable to bear pollution any longer, people in Kotdwar force Uttarakhand to commission an independent assessment of steel factories in the region
Interstate dirty dumpers
Industrial units illegally dump hazardous waste in remote fields, often crossing state borders, to dodge the law and cut costs. ravleen kaur …
War over waste
People of Bengaluru pitch a battle against civic body which has neglected mounting piles of garbage
Subterranean Leak
25 years after the gas leak, another tragedy is unfolding in Bhopal. CSE tests reveal the water and soil in and around the Union Carbide factory …
Into the ginger trap
Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution
Ash flies in the face of power plan
Odisha gears up for more power generation but has no action plan for disposing of fly ash
India’s Minamata
Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …
Chaos in the iron age
After iron ore plunder in Bellary and Goa comes a Supreme Court order that adds confusion to chaos
Lost in plantation
Millions of growers and workers are in distress in Kerala, the plantation capital of India, as domestic and international prices of cash crops …