Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 15-22)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 24, 2023)
Buying time? West Bengal government sets up panel as explosions in illegal firecracker factories kill 16
Three back-to-back explosions; Green activists say priority should be to close illegal units
2022 too short, too far: Environment news you should not miss
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2022
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 6, 2022)
Cancel environmental clearance to Ambuja coal washery: NGT panel to environment ministry
The impact assessment reports lack comprehensive environment management plans, says the committee
Committee to speed up Namami Gange formed a day after NGT questions outcome
The National Green Tribunal, on February 6, said that not even a drop of Ganga was cleaned and public money was wasted under the programme
Delhi’s solid waste: a systemic failure
Landfill sites in Delhi had exceeded their capacity way back in 2008 and most of these sites have contaminated groundwater in and around their …
Why three toddlers were forced to seek SC ban on firecrackers
Citing fundamental right to life, parents make their children as litigants in a first-of-its-kind PIL against the use of firecrackers during festivals
Real estate developer encroaches upon stormwater drain in Gurgaon
Paras builders dumped construction debris in a stormwater drain and then, began construction on the drain itself. This has blocked the drain and …
China takes more actions to control air pollution, India lags behind
From strengthening of existing monitoring systems to making hard policy decisions, China has handled the problem with an iron hand
NGT stays ban on diesel vehicles older than 10 years, seeks solutions
National Green Tribunal has asked the Delhi government to find out ways to keep these vehicles off the roads
'Assam officials widened Kaziranga highway instead of taking steps to protect wildlife from accidents'
Wildlife activist files affidavit before green tribunal saying he was forced by state government officials to sign site inspection report in …
Green tribunal halts construction on Puri coast
Directs Odisha government to submit report on status of waste disposal and treatment in the city by February
NGT wants groundwater extraction based on EIA only
Tribunal calls for doing away with general permissions given to commercial entities to withdraw groundwater
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 25-29, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
Industry emissions data incomplete, inaccessible on Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh websites: CPCB
CEMS certification system needed to improve data quality, says board
Centre's new draft for RO systems not what NGT asked for
Green Bench sought ban on ROs for water with TDS below 500 mg/l
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 9, 2024)
Rewind 2018: Is India’s head above water?
Here’s a lowdown on how India struggled to get its act together as its groundwater levels dipped and water bodies diminished
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 23, 2019)
Tadoba reserve: Tourism is good news, but infra projects bad
While wildlife tourism earned the reserve 286% more revenue in the past five years, the park needs to be protected from infrastructural projects, …
NGT slaps Rs 25 crore on company for damaging mudflats, mangroves
Das Offshore reclaimed 25 hectares of the inter-tidal region of the Arabian Sea in Raigad district