DTE Coverage: Daily Court Digest (October 31-November 4, 2022)
The top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal during the week
World Cities Day: Clock ticking for India’s urban areas; act now, say experts
The time has come for active policies to make sustainable modes work for all income levels, they say
2 largest US reservoirs at ‘dangerously low levels’: UNEP
These lakes are currently at their lowest levels ever and are at risk of reaching ‘dead pool status’
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 1, 2022)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts & National Green Tribunal
UN declares access to clean, healthy environment as universal human right
India voted for the resolution and pointed out that the resolutions do not create binding obligations
CSE and NEMC release roadmap on how to clean Lake Victoria
Comes out with analysis on environmental problems of lake after joint meeting with stakeholders
Water, Africa’s Gold: The Nile has been contested for long; it should now unite, say experts
As Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile nears completion, experts in the country say the Nile should be a source of …
What desludging model should an urban local body adopt? Some suggestions
All models have their pros and cons and the model to be used differs from place to place; This isn’t a one-size-fits-all kind of idea
Can solar pumps save groundwater while cutting debt of power cos?
Incentivising farmers to sell solar power as a remunerative crop can help reduce the usage of diesel pumps
Sewage discharge in Ganga: NGT orders Uttarakhand PCB to take criminal action against officials concerned
Just half of total sewage generated daily in 13 districts treated properly before being dumped in river
As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’
Some US cities are beginning to take steps toward incorporation of sponge city concepts into their stormwater management plans, but most of these …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 1, 2024)
Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal
‘Baseflow one of most important factors driving river flooding in Peninsular India’
Researcher Shailza Sharma explains flood dynamics in Peninsular India using actual river flow data
Why the Bedti-Varada river inter-linking project is not technically feasible
The adverse effects that will be caused by the interlinking of rivers and diversions from the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats terrain, are …
Rural Assam’s water woes show full impact of climate change
Water scarcity is gradually becoming one of the most important issues in Northeast India
Namibia rejects Russian company’s mining permit
Raises environmental concerns over extraction methods
World’s poorest countries need $6 billion a year for water, sanitation in healthcare centres: WaterAid
Half of healthcare facilities in LDCs lack basic water services
Levelled out: MGNREGA helps bring in more land under cultivation in Ranga Reddy
Having levelled the terrain, farmers for the first time take up agriculture
Russia has turned the Dnipro into a major weapon of war: Paul Josephson
Down To Earth speaks to specialist in Soviet and Russian history about the impact of two years of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the Dnipro river
Drought in the Amazon: Understanding the causes and the need for an immediate action plan to save the biome
Only with coordinated and decisive action will we be able to mitigate the impacts of drought in the Amazon and protect this unique ecosystem that …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 7, 2023)
North India Deluge 2023: A water plan addressing urban floods can pull Chandigarh out of troubled waters
Rainwater harvesting structures along the stormwater drains will enable the use of rainwater endowment along with preventing floods
Jowar an ideal alternative to wheat in times of increasing temperatures
Without pragmatic changes in managing how wheat is cultivated in India, the yields are likely to decrease by 5 per cent, the research notes
New findings on human-induced drift of Earth’s rotational pole is a wake-up call
Change in mass distribution is one of the key drivers of polar motion