Making profits for the West

While western investors are lining their pockets with Papua New Guinea's rich natural resources, all the government is getting in return is a …

Filthy lucre

US's Democrats and Republicans break common bread over the fairness, or otherwise, of the Regulatory Reform Bill that could make industry …

TOXIC TRAIL

A small area in northern Vadodara is cluttered with nearly 200 industries, most of them dealing in chemicals. This has created serious …

Harsh reality

Rich or poor. The story is the same in every country. Those who respect water will always have a steady supply

The torrid charm of being a UP politician

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has resigned. She's ended, as a newspaper put it, her "third honeymoon" with the Bharatiya Janata Party, a …

Why excreta matters

Poisoned Punjab: Mystery illnesses haunt this Fazilka hamlet dependent on canal water

Down To Earth ground report finds around 30 cancer deaths in 12 years in Burj Mohar in Fazilka district 

Mithi in intensive care

Mumbai tries pumping oxygen into the river to keep it clean

Microplastics in Nigeria’s Osun River: New study flags alarmingly high levels

A recent study found as many as 22,079 pieces of microplastic in just a litre of water

China planning ‘strictest’ environment protection system to improve health

Pollution is recognised as one of the major threats to public health in China

PAKISTAN AIDS

Slick moppers

HEALTH HAZARD

Liquid danger

Government agencies acknowledge that Delhi's water is unfit for drinking

Stop reclamation plan

Environmental alarm

Emergency of a different kind is declared in three cities of Italy

Peru

Smelling a rat!

CAMEROON

Build-up blues

Undiluted empowerment

US Supreme Court allows Sokaogon tribe to set its own water quality standards

Poison in Indian food

Mucky findings

Off with their heads!

Fishy deaths

In Bangalore's lakes