UPPCB chairman appointed in violation of NGT orders, claims activist

JPS Rathore — a former state BJP vice president — was also not qualified to hold the position of chairperson, the activist claimed

EPCA draws roadmap for brick kilns in Delhi-NCR

Environmental body takes a number of decisions at workshop to discuss region’s brick kiln sector, which is a major cause of pollution

Waste manager dumps it in river

Gujarat firm gets closure notice for stealthily disposing of untreated hazardous waste

Asbestos unit disturbs Chainpur’s peace

Work started without environmental clearance

Funds for clean air: Get the blueprint right

Committed funds for clean air action excites hope. Needs strong performance metrics. But there are also risks of underfunding some key sectors of …

Only 50% of India’s pollution authorities make real-time data public: CSE analysis

As of February 2020, nearly 39% pollution control boards (states and Union territories) shared data in public domain 

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms

The road ahead

The current method of environmental regulation has failed to monitor industrial pollution in India. It is not just ineffective but expensive too. …

Punjab Pollution Control Board goes hi tech

To give clearance over Internet

Faulty data, poor monitoring

A trading scheme for air pollutants could face the usual problem of implementation

In short

Update

Oil survey in Assam will endanger biodiversity, affect people

Fatal attraction

Spam in fishing net

Pollution board raps Vedanta

No check on effluents

One river dried, Agartala eyes another

FIR against dam activists

Devsari hearing postponed

Court halts Sterlite expansion

Vedanta subsidiary hid facts while seeking clearances  

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 20, 2020)

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 16, 2020)

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

Tirupur dyeing units told to close

Madras High Court orders shut down till zero discharge

Goa sponge iron plants get closure notice

Saleli quarries ordered to close down