Tryst with rain
Learning the mantra
Political harvest
Drought is in the mind
GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with ...
Paradise in peril
Galpagos, an archipelago straddling the equator 1,000 km west of Ecuador, is probably the world's best-known biodiversity zone. But ...
A Renewable Crisis
The last time there was a major push for renewable energy alternatives to polluting fossil fuels was in the ...
The written code
Based on public hearings, environmental clearances are given to companies concerned
Out of earshot
Who follows the public hearing procedures? Neither the government nor the project promoters
Points to ponder
Right to information and transparency in eia are critical for public participation in development projects
Substance Abuse
The Montreal Protocol was meant to eliminate Ozone-depleting substances. It is turning out to be ...
Exhausting Practices
Prescribed as the antidote for all problems related to vehicular pollution, Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates have been an ...
Weed them out
The challenge is how to isolate "gross polluters" from the vehicle fleet and send them back to the ...
Accountable automatically
Emission warranty and recall system have compelled the automobile manufacturers in the US and Sweden to take serious ...
A public eyewash
The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should ...
DANGER zone
If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat
Sponsored blight?
Another monsoon. The season of suffering in India's flood plains. And of blaming upstream people for floods. Is there ...
Singapore: Breathing Easy
It's all about taming traffic: keeping a tab on the number of vehicles on the road, and promoting public ...
Price to pay
It costs a fortune to own a car in Singapore
Seamless transport
... a result of a well-coordinated city planning system and strong political will
The vanishing lakes
There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous ...
A Ray of Hope
At least 80 per cent of solid waste generated by the Dal Lake dwellers is being disposed off safely ...
Wasting Away
Despite the deadline for hospitals to set up bio-medical waste disposal methods having expired, nothing has changed
Beastly Existence
Overcrowding and inbreeding are responsible for rising wildlife deaths in Indian zoological gardens
THE FUTURE OF CLEAN ENERGY
A simple chemical reaction is the basis of fuel cell technology. Fuel cells run on hydrogen to provide electricity. ...