False start
Pollution control agencies are as toothless as the automobile and fuel industry is apathetic to deteriorating urban air quality
Family bonds
"Troubled children don't need counselling. They need parental love and support." A myth? Not at all, say behavioural scientists
Money matters
As the first-ever assembly of the 161-member Global Environment Facility (GEF) draws near, many non-governmental organisations are left out in …
A disease called pollutionitis
Most of Delhi's urban elite suffer from this disease which makes them "rationally irrational". The disease is accompanied by finger-pointitis and …
No fire exits in Delhi
Bad urban planning and a corrupt administration means fires will continue to claim lives in Delhi
Better now than never
Two years after a Supreme Court order, the government sets up the first fuel testing lab in Noida
Urban villages - an oxymoron?
Urbanisation in developing countries is marked by large increases in population and has consequences such as sprawl. As a physical phenomenon, …
Review of 'Trees of Delhi', a book by Pradip Krishen
Book>>Trees of Delhi A Field Guide by Pradip Krishen Penguin Books India>> Dorling Kindersley 2006
Puppeteer with no strings
Documentary>> Katputli by Sudheer Gupta Produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust and Prasar Bharati 30 minutes
Carriage of convenience
Metro projects can ease congestion. But lack of integrated planning is undoing the benefits of this mass transport system. Nidhi Jamwal and Ankur …
World Environment Day 2023: CSE finds ground-level ozone pollution in Delhi-NCR all-year problem, persists at nights too
New Delhi and South Delhi areas were worst affected by ground-level ozone between March 1, 2023 and May 30, 2023
COVID-19 lockdown: What are the lessons for Graded Response Action Plan
It is time for the government to order more robust source apportionment studies for cities hit by plummeting air quality
COVID-19: Delhi reports 300 fresh cases in a single day; health minister to hold emergency meeting today
The number of new cases in Delhi has risen dramatically in the past few days despite the city witnessing a dip in the previous months
CPCB confirms COVID-19 lockdowns helped clean up Delhi air
PM2.5 levels dropped by 50% during the lockdown in the national capital, a new CPCB study said
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Experts welcome Delhi government’s electric vehicle policy
The policy aims to make a quarter of all new vehicle registrations battery-operated by 2024
Visible improvement in Delhi’s air quality, long way to go to achieve clean air: EPCA
EPCA’s report card says that the Delhi-NCR region must not lose the momentum in this fight to breathe clean air
Doctors should not be made to work for more than 12 hours, orders Delhi government
While this may prove to be a good move for quality healthcare, a lot will have to be done to ensure its implementation
Delhi smog is back
Cocktail of pollutants and severe smog episodes can be deadly in Delhi and NCR even as Delhi government delays finalising air quality index
Exposure to pollutants higher than ambient pollution in Delhi’s Anand Vihar: CSE
Delhi-based based Centre for Science and Environment has found that exposure level is three times more than background ambient air pollution …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution
The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity
Delhi budget aims to address air pollution with transport reforms
Non-profit organisation Centre for Science and Environment welcomes budget for increased allocation to public transport, but demands radical …
CSE warns no one is safe from deadly ozone pollution
Civil Lines, Lutyens’ Delhi and hospitals are high risk zones, says latest CSE analysis
IMA to supply clean drinking water to Delhi slum
Amid scrutiny over water wastage by RO filters, IMA plans to study quality of water in the national capital
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