Dicey waters

Lax attitude

Flu outbreak

Oil giant sued

Dead zones

Increase worldwide in oceans

Handy copper cure

A non-governmental organisation uses the metal to purify water

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 19, 2023)

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

Annual UN report recognises the threats posed by nitrogen pollution

The Frontiers Report 2019, released on March 4, has included a chapter on nitrogen pollution

Ocean acidification ‘changing’ marine biodiversity

Study sheds light on how excess carbon dioxide in oceans is affecting marine species and in turn the global food chain

Loyalty to scriptures should not breed hostility to science

Lately, a slew of remarks by political leaders in the country had nixed established scientific principles

Punjab, Haryana and west UP facing severe nitrogen pollution: Down To Earth expose

Nitrogen pollution can destroy soil health, contaminate water, lead to serious health problems, and trigger climate change

13th-century water body in Delhi dying for lack of attention, sustained revival plan

Loss of catchments, dumping of waste, sewage discharge and lack of political will are some of the cited reasons behind the present state of …

Noida must consider other alternatives to Ganga water

Instead of bringing in Ganga water to dilute the hard groundwater, the city should make use of its potential for rainwater harvesting

A river hard done by

Documentary>> Making the sewer...A river again: Why Mumbai must reclaim its Mithi • Observer Research Foundation

Drinking problems

WATER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY Edited by Asit K Biswas, Mohammad Jelboli and Glenn Stout Publisher: Oxford University …

A civilisational loss

For more than two decades, Huta Ram Baidya has led the Save Bagmati River campaign. An affable, octogenarian activist and Nepal’s first …

Centralisation of powers, diluted laws: Weak Water Act further diluted by latest amendments, say experts

Environment minister claims impetus to industries, improvement of environment protection while moving bill in Parliament

Coal mining grounded

Celebrity’s anti-shale angst

SONG>>SHALE GAS • US

India had world's highest pollution-related deaths in 2019: Report

Deaths due to other forms of pollutions also highest in India

Why Bhavnagar farmers oppose limestone mining

Letter to high court-appointed panel lists reasons

The land can teach how. to use it best

Pollution in Punjab

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