South Asia

Draft EIA 2020 undercuts India’s biodiversity and climate goals

The proposal to weaken policies for environmental protection with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) draft, 2020, has resulted in …

Draft EIA: SC rejects Centre challenge to Delhi HC translation order

The high court heard a petition asking the Centre to print the draft EIA notification in 22 languages mentioned in the Eight Schedule of the …

Draft EIA notification institutionalises 1 season data for baseline

Such data is needed for assessing impact of a project on the environment; experts fear Environment Impact Assessment studies will become …

How power can be cleaned

Any talk of “cleaning” coal to make it less damaging is untenable

Drop in air pollution in India during 2020 nationwide lockdown slowed snow melting in Himalayas, finds study

Snow & ice melt reduced by more than 27 million tonnes compared to 2019

CNG price slashed by Rs 15 in Delhi; CSE lauds Centre's decision

Non-profit says step will help public transport and clean up air

Environment Day special: ACmageddon

Carbon smart

Algae can help check rising carbon levels in the environment

Faulty data, poor monitoring

A trading scheme for air pollutants could face the usual problem of implementation

Early signals

Scientists became aware of acid rain more than a century ago

Predator is the prey

Air pollution is leading to the destruction of trees

Courting controversy

Ram Naik passes a death sentence for Dahanu's fragile ecology

Vehicles for change

Fuel cell buses set to steer Europe into zero-emission era

Regulation faces a hurdle

What has improved engine technology to do with it?

Hydropower back in World Bank's good books

PMO discusses climate change

Power projects fragment Western Ghats

Asia's sooty air

Pollution board raps Vedanta

Legal tussle

Three steps for India

Bring buses, hike parking rates, levy congestion tax

New auto emission norms delayed

Automobile manufacturers unprepared  

A Nationalised Nightmare

One of the main reasons given for nationalising the coalmines of India was to protect workers from accidents. What followed was large-scale …