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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 26, 2024)

India, April 26 -- Down To Earth brings you top environmental cases heard in Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal Demarcation of flood lines for rivers in Maharashtra The Water Res... Read More


'Restoring tree cover may lead to global warming but only in some places'

India, April 26 -- Forest restoration scientist Susan Cook-Patton on albedo change due to restoring tree cover and ideal places for climate-positive reforestation Photo: Bridget Besaw / The Nature Co... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 25, 2024)

India, April 26 -- Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal Clearing of protected forest area in Barak Valley f... Read More


Environment in elections: Andhra's Rayalaseema battling drought conditions for 4 years, but ignored in poll manifestos

India, April 26 -- 87 Mandals in four districts classified as 'severely affected' areas with less than 50% Kharif and 20% Rabi operations seen since 2020 Rayalaseema, a region in Andhra Pradesh, has ... Read More


24x7 makeshift clinics, testing food, water at gatherings: How Karnataka is trying prevent cholera outbreak amid rising heat

India, April 26 -- State reported 33 cases of cholera this year, most in April; health department to conduct awareness campaigns, ensure supply of medicines, clean water As temperatures soar across t... Read More


CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Where does India stand in the global plastic treaty talks? An explainer

India, April 26 -- New Delhi's position is largely unchanged from INC-3 in Nairobi, although it has introduced some new arguments; it is also trying to reinvent the concept of the "life cycle of plast... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: The curious case of India's petrochemical refineries

India, April 26 -- India's legislations do not mandate it to create a baseline health assessment of the population before setting up factories with the potential of harming the environment and human h... Read More


CSE-DTE at Ottawa: Just transition and Global Plastic Treaty - An inclusive journey towards circularity?

India, April 26 -- Waste pickers and concept of just transition have gained attention during process of developing Global Plastic Treaty Globally, human beings produce over 353 million tonnes of plas... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: What are other countries doing about chemicals used in these polymers?

India, April 26 -- The need right now is to simplify plastics towards safety and sustainability through policies promoting the use of fewer and safer chemicals At the ongoing negotiations being held ... Read More


Plastic's toxic trail: These polymers' usage and disposal have their own set of dangers

India, April 26 -- Plastics not only pollute and affect human health during the production phase, but continue to do so during the usage phase, as well as through the disposal and the processing and r... Read More