Sterlite fined Rs 100 crore
Supreme Court fines Sterlite Industries for polluting environment but refuses to shut it
Haze, pollution causing low visibility over north India: Met department
This kind of fog, which is a mixture of photochemical smog and harmful greenhouse emissions, can trigger asthma and cardiac problems
MoEF failed to protect environment: Public Accounts Committee
Forest cover of India is just 21 per cent against the target of 33 per cent set by Planning Commission for 2012
Sanitation workers on COVID-19 front lines: How to save the warriors?
Several incidents in the last few months have shone spotlight on abysmal conditions under which sanitation workers function — without …
Delhi’s poor air days start, will only deteriorate
Dip in temperature, calm surface winds and steady increase in farm fires in Punjab and Haryana reason for poor air quality
Coca-Cola plant in Tirunelveli gets go ahead for expansion
Tamil Nadu pollution control board’s permission would mean Coca Cola franchisee who owns bottling plant would double the intake of water …
Maharashtra’s common effluent treatment plants fail to meet standards
Latest weekly report of state pollution control board says only seven CETPs meet standards for treated effluent water
Pollution boards go slow on green tribunal order to close industries operating without consent
Confusion persists whether small industries having little pollution potential should be closed or not
Bid to denotify Nag river's upper reaches stalled
State environment ministry rejects proposal of state pollution control board that would have paved way for real estate development
Toxic punch: heavy use of pesticides depleting local fish and bird populations
Study from West Bengal documents 94 brands of pesticides, farmers most influenced by local dealers
Green tribunal fines appellant for frivolous litigation
Baijnath Prajapati had challenged the environmental clearance granted to a thermal power plant in Madhya Pradesh but later withdrew his plea
Industrial units in Vapi continue to flout pollution norms
Union environment ministry had lifted moratorium in the area after state pollution control board promised to improve the situation
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 9, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Why NGT’s calls on restoration of water bodies is need of the hour
National Green Tribunal’s 2019 order asking states to identify, protect and restore water bodies underlines the urgency to save them
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
Public walk out of hearing for Mithi Virdi nuclear power project
Residents say public hearing was illegal and organised without a proper rehabilitation plan for the project-affected
Blatant lies for laterite
Andhra pollution control board holds public hearing for a project in Schedule Five area
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 17-21, 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
The Ganga gets highly polluted after Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh: Report
The quality of Ganga water in the stretch from Kannauj to Prayagraj was categorised as being extremely deficient in dissolved oxygen
Noise level norms relaxed for firecrackers in West Bengal
National Green Tribunal orders conduct of fresh noise study; till then less stringent MoEF decibel norm to hold good in state
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 …
Lavasa: Dream for one, nightmare for many
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava finds how people affected by Lavasa are coping with the destruction it has caused
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2020)
Yamuna pollution: green tribunal orders operation clean-up in Delhi
Order sets heavy penalties for polluters and asks for drains to be kept clear of encroachment
Rajasthan fails to comply with NGT order to close textile units of Pali
The polluting industries did not have 'consent to operate' from the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board