Colours not so natural

Governance matters

It is time we focused on strengthening the capacity of regulatory agencies

Unsound ways

Silica in Assam's forest

A red politician who saw opportunity in green

A chief minister who gave autonomy to environment regulators

Natural dumpsite

Illegal quarries in Goa rapped

Firecrackers defy decibel limit

Popular firework brands from Sivakasi exceeded 125 dB sound level

Brick kiln pollutes Pune outskirts

Closure order has no effect on brick-making unit

Public taken for a ride

Fuzzy logic used to justify private helipads

Brickfields closed

Coastal invasion

Oil waste litters Gujarat seafront

Alipore hospital to close down

Flouted waste disposal norms  

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

CEMS certification system needed to improve data quality, says board

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Hospital critical

High court closes polluting factory

Mahad loses river, crops

Polluting industrial units closed only on paper

Skyscrapers rise on lakebed

Developers want to build further  

Kolkata air cleaner

Two-stroke autorickshaw ban shows results

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 9, 2024)

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

Haryana’s draft norms on stone crushers is old wine in a new bottle

Most units in the state do not comply with existing guidelines, CSE report finds

Crises plaguing state pollution control boards

Employees barely gain technical expertise in the working of SPCBs

The 200 million tonne challenge

With the sector set to boom, India needs an action plan