Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 3, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
CSE analysis finds bias towards dust control due to CPCB assessment for funding
PM 10 levels considered for disbursing funds; Barely any difference in PM 2.5 levels between NCAP and non-NCAP cities
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 6, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 18, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 23, 2019)
Increased stubble fires, calm conditions cause Delhi’s air to become ‘very poor’
The condition will last till October 17, according to the SAFAR website under the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences
Operation of brick kilns in UP: NGT pulls up chief secretary
The tribunal, in an earlier order, said brick kilns in the National Capital Region cannot operate until an assimilative carrying capacity …
Bhilwara: NGT calls local body’s inaction to control pollution of Kothari river ‘tragic’; RSPCB to recover compensation
Open wells in villages near River Kothari were found with toxic levels of chromium, lead, iron, zinc, sodium
Paper tiger? Punjab Pollution Control Board not able to recover environmental fines imposed in last 2 years
Punjab government’s move is a mockery of the law, at a time when environmental pollution is becoming deadly and dangerous
Task force, flying squads are fine, but what does Delhi’s air really need
A large number of industries in the National Capital Region still operate on dirty fuel; their emissions pollute Delhi air
Number of ‘bad air’ days rising in Rajasthan: CSE analysis
Five cities including Jaipur, Alwar, Jodhpur, Udaipur and Kota need to implement clean air action plans with speed, scale and urgency
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 6, 2019)
Noise pollution violations: New fines proposed by CPCB step in right direction
New set of fines range between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1 lakh; cover confiscation of noise producing equipment
Stubble burning, dust from West put an end to north India’s clean air
The region had experienced clean skies during the COVID-19 lockdown, but now, particulate matters have again increased
Unregulated import of used vehicles bad for Africa: Report
Trade in old and used vehicles from high-income countries causes massive environmental dumping and toxic pollution
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 19, 2022)
MNRE should get approval for revised policy on repowering wind power projects: Standing Committee
The MNRE strategy paper outlines the bidding trajectory of 37 GW capacity till 2030 for offshore wind projects
CPCB’s new guidelines for India’s stone crusher sector a welcome step
CPCB guidelines in alignment with recommendations made by non-profit Centre for Science and Environment
Toxic air: Graded Response Action Plan announced for Kolkata, other Bengal cities
West Bengal government’s GRAP is neither graded nor forecasting-based like Delhi’s, say experts
Hazards of using fertilisers in Punjab
Studies have pegged consumption of phosphatic fertilizers in Punjab at ten times higher than the national average
The day after: How the air fares post-Diwali
Air quality slips in Delhi, National Capital Region and several places across north India
Delhi notifies first-ever parking rules to restrain vehicle use, cut air pollution
The rule probibits parking in green areas, parks, footpaths, bus stops and intersections
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 27-31, 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
No action plan by MoEF&CC to handle plastic waste, finds CAG
Coordination lacking with pollution control boards; Implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules lacks teeth
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