Poisoned Punjab: Three children in this Fazilka village family are intellectually disabled but there’s no aid
Contaminated canal, groundwater linked to huge disease burden in Churi Wala village, show ground visits by DTE
Poisoned Punjab: Children with intellectual disabilities, severe skin allergies are common in this village
Ground visits by DTE in Dharangwala village reveal 12-13 cancer deaths every year, teetotallers with liver cirrhosis
Supreme Court extends big diesel vehicle ban
The court has asked Delhi Government’s EPCA to prepare a detailed plan for all the vehicle owners to pay compensation to minimise health risks
India witnessed worst levels of human-induced air pollution during 2018-2021: Study
Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and Chennai recorded huge fluctuations in terms of air pollution
Biomass pellets: CPCB’s revised grants highly inadequate to close demand-supply gap
CPCB has underestimated the cost of setting up a pellet manufacturing unit, say experts
Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR high after Diwali
Despite cracker ban, the 24-hour average level of PM2.5 during Diwali and the morning after has been 397 mg per cubic metre, which is 6.6 times …
Pet coke conundrum
We are buying the world’s dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air pollution. This needs to change
Green levy on trucks entering Delhi to stay, says Supreme Court
The contractor responsible for toll collection had approached the apex court earlier this week expressing its reluctance to …
Dry cleaning Hussainsagar
Telangana plans to first empty Hyderabad's great lake and then refill it with rainwater. Experts say it is nothing but a harebrained plan
Air pollution: European countries making strides, but others lagging behind
Dangerous air quality levels continue to be recorded throughout Europe and Central Asia, despite imprpvement in slashing emssions, UNEP study notes
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 21, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
Is air pollution contributing to the ‘insect apocalypse’? Yes, experts tell DTE
Pollutants affect certain insects more than others; they can kill them or mess with their ability to sniff flowers, lowering pollination …
Iron ore sludge pond breaks in Sambalpur
Paddy and vegetable fields and poultry farms inundated with iron ore slurry after wall of a steel plant collapsed
Sabarmati pollution: Inspect all industrial effluent treatment plants, Gujarat HC tells government
Domestic waste water and industrial effluent generated daily by Ahmedabad is discharged into the Sabarmati
Don’t venture out of homes, use masks if important: Nepal cautions against air pollution
No respite froom air pollution so far; govt had shut educational institutions for five days on March 30
Nepal schools shut: Forest fires, westerly winds from India may have contributed to air pollution
All schools and colleges in Nepal were shut on March 30 due to an alarming spike in air pollution levels
Hundreds of fish species, including many that humans eat, are consuming plastic
There is a need for studies analysing how frequently plastics transfer from fish to humans and their potential effects on the human body
Environment ministry issues new draft notification on fly ash with ‘polluter pays’ principle
Power plants have been given an extension of 10 years to progressively utilise their legacy ash
Microfibre-free laundry: Multifaceted approach needed to combat these tiny shreds of pollutants
India’s plastic waste management and textile rules have not yet identified this pollutant or its significance
No improvement in process safety regulations almost 40 years after Bhopal: Report
The report, by Scientists for People gave the damning indictment after having looked into an explosion that occurred in Nellore May 11 this year
Health to harm: Researchers call for action against pharma pollution
New paper maps out UK healthcare system to understand pharmaceutical pollution from human healthcare
Over 3 lakh pregnancy losses every year linked to polluted air in South Asia
Northern plains region in India and Pakistan most impacted, meeting India’s air quality standard would have reduced loss by 7 per cent&…
Poisoned Punjab: Residents from 40 villages in this town have been protesting for clean water for a year
Reverse boring from alcohol distillery unit polluted groundwater, allege villagers; no action against factory yet
Depression’s other face
Factors linking depression to air pollution, food habits and environmental degradation are not commonly considered