Deafening Noise
Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …
Gentle on critical pollution
After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …
Sponge iron’s dirty growth
In the years to come, India's expanding steel production will be largely driven by sponge iron. But its manufacturing process, based on coal, is …
No land for best option: composting
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, does not have a municipal waste-treatment facility. Its only plant to treat solid waste, located …
How Bellary was laid waste
Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …
Lavasa exposed
By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …
Stained steel
The iron and steel sector is regarded as the core of Indian economy. Its players are big and powerful. It is extremely resource-intensive and …
Wasted e-waste
Electronic waste is a mine of precious metals, but poor regulations simplify its squandering away
Transparent monitoring: Maharashtra pollution control board begins sharing emissions data on public domain
Sharing of CEMS data by state pollution control boards & committees in the public domain was mandated by Supreme Court in 2017
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
India’s pollution control boards were weakened over the last 14 years, as environment ministry lacks roadmap
Several initiatives were taken since 1984 to strengthen the pollution control boards & committees but were not implemented
How this landmark NGT order will shape the future of India's pollution control bodies
The latest NGT judgement is a fresh start to the initiative of strengthening pollution control boards
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 13, 2019)
NGT orders closure of 69 industrial areas
Continued polluting activities are criminal offences under the law of the land, the tribunal said in its order
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 3, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2020)
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
Gaurav Gogoi to table bill for changing air pollution law
Congress MP said updating 1981 legislation concerning air pollution was need of the hour
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 30, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 14-18, 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
Punjab extends time for brick kiln conversion to September
Those operating kilns with older technology still have to pay a fine depending upon the capacity of kiln under the polluter pay principle
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2022)
Rubber-stamp Authority
State environment regulatory bodies formed under the 2006 Environmental Impact Assessment notification have floundered. They have little …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2020)