East Kolkata Wetlands: NGT warns officials for violating waste dumping norms

The National Green Tribunal directed scientific shifting of legacy waste accumulated in the wetlands for decades

Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …

How COVID-19 is exposing children to traffickers

School closure due to COVID-19 has not only precluded many from access to education, but also from a source of shelter and nourishment

Cyclone Sitrang: ‘Unusual’ quickening of pace, say weatherpeople

T-20 in the last few overs of cyclonic system? Speed doubled within span of four hours between 2 IMD bulletins

Barges carrying fly ash from India to Bangladesh eroding Sundarbans: Bengal minister

Ghoramara island erosion cited as proof by a scientist; central agencies deny allegation

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 12, 2023)

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

Indian insurers listed among worst performers in climate sector globally

Cyclone Amphan fetched record insurance damages despite not paying three-fourths of claimed amount

Weak dyke floods Mousuni despite Cyclone Jawad fizzling out, 5000 affected

Mousuni is on the frontlines of global climate change impact and has suffered major loss and damage four times in last two years

COVID-19: Disposing biomedical waste Bengal’s challenge at hand

The state is yet to follow CPCB guidelines on collection of biomedical waste of quarantined people

Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India

In West Bengal, the adoption of useful trees into paddy fields has boosted crop yields and crop diversity, and has also sparked a movement that …

West Bengal labour department's tea garden survey kept under wraps

Excerpts and recommendations from the unpublished survey report of all tea gardens in the state that reveals miserable living conditions of …

Panchayat polls in West Bengal in July

Bitter fight between election commission and state government ends; questions over bureaucratic interference in Panchayat matters remain

Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow

Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …

Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village

The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials

India may have highest climate risk globally but its banks are unprepared to support climate action: Report

Yes Bank emerged as leader in climate-risk preparedness; State Bank of India most exposed to coal sector

Bengal government plans to turn part of Ganga in Kolkata into drain in name of rejuvenation

Activists cry contradiction as hundreds of crores recently approved to clean river  

Deocha-Pachami mining project: Compensation disbursal begins but details of plan hazy

A total of 203 landowners have received job letters and compensation, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Not just groundwater, flouride has poisoned agricultural soil, crops in Bengal

Farmers in Bankura and Purulia rely on groundwater, heavily contaminated with flouride, to cultivate crops  

Choking Mahananda: How Siliguri’s waste, water crisis is turning on its people

Rapid urbanisation, inefficient waste management and encroachment have turned the Mahananda into a drain. And farmers are losing livelihoods

Loan burden increased across India in 2020 amid pandemic: Study

Among marginalised groups, indebtedness was highest in Muslim-majority and Scheduled Caste-majority hamlets

Water-stressed in India: Perception trumps reality in Bengal’s Hooghly

Locals claim they have enough water; Down to Earth found farmers extracted millions of litres of ground water every day through&…

West Bengal’s tea-tribe voters have a jumbo problem

Workers in Majherdabri tea estate say no candidate is addressing their fear of elephant attacks

Saving for rainy days

People of West Bengal’s Sunderbans region are setting up grain banks to safeguard against food crisis

Delhi High Court questions Centre on junk food

Asks it to file affidavit in six weeks on whether it has framed policy to ban it in schools

Dirty states

Only five states generate more than 63 per cent of the total wastewater in India as they lack treatment facilities, says a recent study