Advice goes unheeded

Hyundai rapped for violating green laws after failing to clean up its act

Patrolling pollution

Tamil Nadu becomes the first state to punish polluting petrol stations

Why is river Yamuna still maily?

Officials do not understand the gray waters produced by the city

NGT terminates chairmen of pollution control boards in 10 states

The bench says that the chairpersons are not appropriately qualified to head an important body like SPCB

Relief for endosulfan victims

Kerala government presses for a nation-wide ban on the pesticide

Rajasthan records maximum number of environmental crimes for two successive years

NCRB’s report shows that the state made maximum violations under The Wildlife Act, 1972

Billowing Rage

The Sukruli cauldron threatens to boil over if the Orissa government does not act against the smoke-spewing sponge iron plant in the area.

An Act to commodify water

Meghalaya's draft water Act water omits conservation and management from the sustainability point of view

US passes new rule to ensure safe drinking water

Environmentalists welcome move, but farmers and industry groups are wary

Chaos in reforms

The TSR Subramanian Committee report, meant to suggest environmental governance reforms, creates more confusion

Punjab's paddy dilemma

In 2009, Punjab became the first state in the country to enact a law banning the sowing of rice before a stipulated date. The aim was to arrest …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 28, 2020)

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