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Civil lines: Re-discovery of fuelwood

Re-discovery of fuelwood
Tribal women sell fuelwood at a local market in Gumla district, Jharkhand. The sale of firewood is an important source of cash income for tribal households in the state. Photo: Shruti Agarwal/CSE

The presence of fuelwood in the household energy bucket is due to its easy access, affordability and supply reliability

Special coverage: Attacks that will outlast the war

It will take the world a very long time to recover from the economic and geopolitical restructuring that the war in west Asia has triggered

Energy turmoil

Illustrations: Yogendra Anand / CSE

Indias fertiliser reliance

Pharmaceutical fallout

War on Iran strikes India’s pharmaceuticals sector
Illustration: Yogendra Anand/CSE

Ecocide debate

Cover story: Fading winter

Arunachal’s fading cold is bringing dry fields, weak crops and water stress.
Arunachal’s fading cold is bringing dry fields, weak crops and water stress.Marina Dai

India’s winters are warming, becoming shorter, shifting and spilling beyond their traditional bounds. The consequences are already evident in meltwater availability, forest-fire intensity and changes in flowering cycles and insect behaviour

Appraisal: Rethinking E20

It is pertinent to explore potential of ethanol as high-value industrial feedstock

Opinion: A case that reshaped India's environment

How the M C Mehta case rewrote Delhi’s clean air playbook
M C MehtaPhoto Courtesy: https://mcmcer.in/

The case of M C Mehta v Union of India stands as proof that a proactive judiciary can accelerate action even when the executive drags its feet

Special report: Masterstroke

Chittur-Thathamangalam, a small town in Kerala’s Palakkad district
Chittur-Thathamangalam, a small town in Kerala’s Palakkad districtJayaraj Sundaresan

Residents of a small Kerala town reject an inadequate state-led development blueprint and create their own master plan that prioritises protection of historic water systems and urban commons

Sunita Narain's Desk: Food in the age of climate change

Food in the age of climate change
Illustration: Ritika Bohra/CSE

Food can be medicine—for both people and the planet. We must bring back the knowledge of good food

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