Burnt to safety

Something stinks

Using special polymers, scientists are on trying to make an 'artificial nose'

Cleaning China

The Chinese government introduces pollution-control measures

Tatas in the dock

Trapping pollutants

US scientists have developed a device that can capture air pollutants

Pumped up on vegetables

Trucks on a vegetable diet

Stemming the rot

Party time already

Averse to 'Clear Skies'

Polluters must pay

Does emissions trading adhere to this principle?

Bird's eyeview

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 16, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal 

#HelpDelhiBreathe: Citizens' Collective Effort

The odd-even drive initiative may have ended, but Delhi's determination has not. On January 17, citizens came together to raise their voices …

Cooling Earth

Municipalities in the Netherlands are exerting pressure on the national government to reduce carbon dioxide emission by half by AD 2010

The value-addition of a clean-up

The Indian government will soo introduce measures to ease annual environmental statements to keep industry's nose as clean as humanly possible

Clean manufacturing, cleaner environment

Waste abatement measures can go a long way in controlling pollution and increasing efficiency, prove several surveys. Access to right technology …

Purifying the Ganga

"The story of the Ganges, from her source to the sea, from old times to new, is the story of India's civilisation ..." - Jawaharlal Nehru

Same problem, differing approaches

The government is roping in NGOs in the fight against pollution whereas industry is trying cleaner manufacturing processes

Net profits

Virtual shopping can not only cut down the number of cars on the roads, but reduce vehicular emissions as well

Better now than never

Two years after a Supreme Court order, the government sets up the first fuel testing lab in Noida

Placing stone crushers in ‘green’ category will create a huge environmental mess

CPCB draft report on classification of industries intends to shift stone crushing to green category from orange

Smog towers ineffective, at least 40,000 needed in Delhi to combat toxic air: DPCC tells NGT

Towers can reduce particulate pollution by 12% in 200 metre radius; DPCC suggests turning buildings into air pollution control museums

Rubber-stamp Authority

State environment regulatory bodies formed under the 2006 Environmental Impact Assessment notification have floundered. They have little …

Industry emissions data incomplete, inaccessible on Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh websites: CPCB

CEMS certification system needed to improve data quality, says board

Kolkata air cleaner

Two-stroke autorickshaw ban shows results