India has some of the most polluted cities, yet 70% of its environmental ‘crimes’ involve smoking

The data from the National Crime Records Bureau is misleading, say some environmentalists.

Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 29, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Plastics: How a material that was supposed to revolutionise the future became a dreaded pollutant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hinted that restrictions on single-use plastic could be announced soon.

Nithya Subramanian

· Oct 01, 2019 · 09:00 am

Why Uttar Pradesh has failed to eradicate plastic waste despite three bans in four years

Poor enforcement of bans is worsened by the lack of data on the amount of prohibited plastics being produced and circulated.

Kanchan Srivastava

· Jul 22, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Cancer, lung ailments are on the rise in Kolkata. Yet the city is doing little to curb air pollution

It has the highest age-adjusted incidence of lung cancer among major Indian cities and 4 out of every 10 persons suffer from obstructive airways diseases.

Guruvinder Singh

· May 16, 2019 · 01:30 pm

The cost of crop burning in India is three times the country’s health budget

The health bill from crop burning is Rs 2 lakh crore annually.

Faizi Noor Ahmad, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 21, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Bengaluru’s Bellandur lake froths once again after overnight rain

Weather experts expect the downpour to continue for the next four days.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 25, 2018 · 05:08 pm

‘The largest septic tank of the city’: Bengaluru’s Bellandur lake froths again

In a recent report, the National Green Tribunal blamed the civic administration for the lake’s deteriorating condition.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 14, 2018 · 09:34 am

Pakistan’s Supreme Court forces the country to get cracking on worsening air pollution

Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar ruled that the government must provide details of what it is doing to curb pollution.

Nicky Nielsen, The Conversation

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Sughra Tunio, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· May 03, 2018 · 09:30 pm

In pictures: Plastic has blighted Kathmandu’s famed scenic beauty and choked its rivers

Nepal has strict laws governing the use and disposal of plastic, but they are rarely enforced.

Nabin Baral

· Apr 08, 2018 · 08:30 pm

In charts: The few Indian cities where you can get (somewhat) clean air to breathe

The data is grim.

Akshat Rathi, qz.com

· Jan 31, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Goa pollution control board revokes permit to JSW-run coal operations

The authority also pulled up the state-run Mormugao Port Trust for importing coal using mooring points.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 09, 2018 · 05:59 pm

NGT asks Karnataka government to submit action plan to clean Bellandur Lake in Bengaluru

The bench also asked the officers present at the hearing to personally inspect the sites before submitting the report to the tribunal.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 23, 2017 · 08:00 pm