North India is reeling under a severe cold wave, which has killed over 100 people in the past one week. Down To Earth has been reporting cold wave events as extreme weather events, a disaster and also a sign of climate change. A selection of articles: 

For its survivors, the Bhopal gas tragedy is still an unfolding event. The human casualty of the gas leak is mounting each year as we observe its 28th anniversary. In the past one year, the tragedy remained in news for most of the time—mostly because of the court case over disposal of the toxic waste that remains in the Union Carbide factory. Down To Earth reported these developments in the courts and outside

As the debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) gets under way in Parliament, Down To Earth presents a selection of articles that examine the fallout of allowing FDI in India

Hurricane Sandy is wreaking havoc in the US. For a country that hesitates to talk about climate change, the superstorm has forced it to brainstorm. Newspaper columns and social media posts have started to explore the link between climate change and the storm. Down To Earth has been reporting on extreme climate events and their links to climate change, including category five hurricane Katrina of 2005. A few selected articles:

In the past one year there was not a single day that Team Anna, which was leading a public crusade against corruption, was not in news. On September 20, the group split over joining party politics. The leader, Anna Hazare, disassociated himself from the political party yet to be formed by his key supporter, Arvind Kejriwal. Down To Earth covered various aspects of this anti-corruption movement. What's more, much before Anna became a rallying point for the whole country for clean public life, this magazine reported his successful experiment in regeneration of village livelihood

A fresh round of public protests began against the nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu last week. One person was killed when police tear-gassed protesters marching towards the nuclear plant on September 10. A petition seeking the Supreme Court's intervention was filed the next day. Down To Earth presents a selection of articles that chronicle the battles fought over the nuclear power facilities:

The Department of Telecommunications' new norms for radiation from cell phones and towers will be in force from September 1. Once the new norms are implemented, the limit on power density from mobile phone towers will be one-tenth of the current limit. Health hazards of radiation emanating from mobile phone towers has been the subject of widespread scientific debate. Down To Earth has been tracking the debate for almost 20 years. Read the selection of articles