Simply Put: Udta Punjab pollution panel

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

Whiff of scam in Orissa mines

Opposition demands CBI probe

Telangana has shut illegal stone crusher units, fined them; but much more needs to be done

Operational practices of the sector need to be strengthened and the guidelines released by the state board should be strictly implemented

Online leash on polluting industries

60,000 units will file environmental statement on Internet  

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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 6, 2019)

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

Kerala comes up with Operation AMRITH to tackle AMR

Operation Amrith is aimed at conducting surprise raids in retail medical shops for detecting OTC sale of antibiotics

Step towards transparency: Rajasthan pollution control board shares emissions data online

Many states yet to disclose CEMS data on their websites despite SC mandate in 2017

Toxic ship cannot beach at Alang

How transparent are India’s pollution control boards? Here is CSE’s ranking

Odisha and Telangana top the list with the highest transparency; Andaman & Nicobar, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh ranked lowest

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (December 14-21)

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

You can’t deprive people of food, livelihood: HC on UP slaughterhouse crackdown

Facilitating operations of legal slaughterhouses is important as that’s related to food and food habits, which is undisputedly connected …

Uttar Pradesh: drought of solutions to a flood of challenges

Poor health infrastructure, energy poverty and agrarian crisis are jostling each other to garner attention of new government

Poor AQI in Patna: OPDs fill up with chest infections, breathlessness

City’s air quality index was 231 on November 17, 2021

New plastic waste management rules leave out vital points

One aspect that was not dealt with was the informal sector of waste collection

Court cracks down

Pollution control boards aren’t underfunded but investing their surplus into fixed deposits: Report

An amount of Rs 2,893 crore found to be invested in fixed deposits by 10 pollution regulators

District judge to supervise next public hearing on Maliparbat bauxite mine in Koraput

Usually district magistrate or the additional district magistrate presides over public hearings

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 2, 2022)

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

Sugar unit infringes environmental norms: How does it affect lives in Amroha

The plea alleges that pollution from the unit puts in danger the health of 5,000 students and 0.1 million inhabitants of 15 villages

KSPCB has existed for 4 decades, but kept no record of pollution sources: CAG

This record, if kept, would have helped the pollution control board plan a better, cleaner tomorrow

High court eases loudspeaker ban

Knight Riders cheer; green activists see red

Can Extended Producer Responsibility improve circularity in India’s waste oil management

Monitoring mechanisms need to be strengthened before finalising draft rules