To play or not to play? Cricket matches despite toxic air raise questions on pollution guidelines

World Cup match on November 6 in Delhi went ahead despite ‘severe’ air for four days in a row

Cuddalore flouts rules

New industries set to increase pollution in the area

Why was post-Diwali air quality better this year?

Wind speed, warmer temperatures helped disperse pollutants 

Dirty Rich City

Hong Kong will have to pay dearly for cleaning up its dirty air

Follow Up

A clear case of racism

In New York, bus depots are located in areas where coloured people live

Brickfields closed

Simply Put: Residents come together to clean Tangra lake

Whose waste is it?

Producers are shifting their plastic recovery responsibility to other companies

Is show cause notice sufficient to drive compliance in industrial units?

The current regulatory regime is delaying compliance by a decade

Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium

Punjab is the worst-affected state with Haryana being the second 

Haryana has gone deaf

'Childhood cancers doubled in Delhi in 25 years, when city's air quality also became toxic'

Manas Ranjan Ray, former assistant director & head, department of experimental haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, …

2023 in a blink: DTE revealed the true extent of air pollution on India’s children this year

Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023  

Cleaning the seas

SOUTH KOREA

MALAYSIA

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Ghost act

Gujarat pollution control board smacks industries

Mote monitor

A new instrument to detect tiny polluting particles that vehicles emit

Experience of cycling on car free day in Gurgaon

Candour in the air

Caviar dreams

Foundries shun cleaner technology

A modified furnace reduces coke consumption and pollution, resulting in considerable savings.

Pollution in Punjab