Mahoba mess continues: NGT seeks report on stone mining
Case before green court alleges air, noise pollution
Development Deathtraps
Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame
CPCB’s new guidelines for India’s stone crusher sector a welcome step
CPCB guidelines in alignment with recommendations made by non-profit Centre for Science and Environment
Villagers protest relocation of stone-crushers
Ordered by the Supreme Court to shift stone-crushers from the Delhi-Faridabad border, officials have arbitrarily moved them to a nearby village, …
Last gasps
WAIT UNTIL DEATH Perspectives Audio Visuals Bengali S-VHS/Umatic 55 mins (English subtitles) Supriya Sen, Samit Basu-Mallik, Tathagatha Banerjee, …
Illegal stone quarrying causing kidney disease in Odisha's Jajpur district
Locals allege that illegal stone quarrying in Dharmshala block of Odisha is contaminating the nearby source of water, leading to kidney diseases
Diamonds are not forever
Scientists are busy looking for a compound which they say is going to replace diamond as the hardest substance
Sparkles galore
Shimmering diamonds are not just earthly in origin. They can also be interstellar and meteoritic. From the depths of the earth to the expanses of …
A swami and sand mafia
Uttarakhand banned mining along Ganga over and again. Will it obey court order this time?
Kath-Kuni: A young architect brings back the glory of his homeland's traditional architecture
Rahul Bhushan, a 29-year-old Himachali local and alumnus of CEPT is trying to bring back the glory of Kath-Kuni structures
Crushing job: Study points out risks for migrant workers at stone quarries
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj found significant child labour at quarries in Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 9, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Quarrying suspended in Navi Mumbai’s Parsik Hill as authorities review mining lease
Residents and civil society want an end to the quarrying with air pollution levels rising to hundred times the acceptable levels
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 4, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2023)
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
Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story
Around 20,000 years ago, foragers in some African regions were almost exclusively finding their partners locally
Cross-continent social networking may have existed 400,000 years ago, fire use patterns suggest
The various groups of hominins were tolerant towards one another and exchanged ideas much like modern humans
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 30-October 4)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week&…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 28, 2019)
Pollution in news on April 16
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around pollution
Andhra’s 247,000 year old cache: Who had such advanced stone tools?
A study adds to evidence that modern humans may not have necessarily introduced advanced stone tools to India
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2019)
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 13-17)
Making India's mining sector socially and environmentally viable
A government committee wants regime change to facilitate private investment in mining. What it is oblivious to is the need for more regulation to …