NTPC dam rattles local elections

Officials subverted elections to the forest council that opposed dam, allege villagers

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Experts raise questions on geological and geotechnical surveys for project

Accident spot located near Main Central Thrust of the Himalayas

Ganga saga part II: redesign dams, not rivers

Cleared at cost of biodiversity

Environment ministry clears hydro project rejected twice by its advisory committee

Living made difficult

Air to lung to DNA

Science in our daily lives

To flow or not to flow

The balancing act

Tribunal cancels three environmental clearances; upholds three

A pause on hydropower

A recent report could check expansion of hydro projects in Himachal Pradesh

Rising trend

Poor and the young are new victims of hypertension

Himalayan blunders

Tigers buffered

Supreme Court order to notify buffer zones around reserves raises both hope and fear

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

The rift valley

With no income options, Ghangharia residents want forestland for hotels

Matter of life and death

Gods must be dazed

Environment ministry recognises religious rights, pushes ecological concerns behind

Letters

Joshimath evacuees return to their unsafe & damaged homes even as rehabilitation policy non-existent after 16 months

They say they have not been given enough compensation to restart their lives; work for stabilisation of Joshimath has also not started

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 18, 2024)

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

Chipko a distant memory

The women who led the landmark environmental movement 50 years ago, speak to Down To Earth

Apogee of the mountain lore: Abiding sway of village deities tie together ecological conservation & spirituality

Uttarakhand's folk traditions play a major role in conserving its forests amid unbridled development push in the hills

Why are young people migrating from the village where the Chipko Movement started?

This video echoes the story of migration and environmental challenges in Reni; the relevance of the Chipko movement in today’s world …

Book Excerpt: The power of solitude

Solitude is what we seek, while loneliness is thrust on us; solitude has helped writers come up with some of the finest works of literature