Obama's ambitious standards for power sector just not ambitious enough
It is projected that even in 2030, two-thirds of electricity in the US will be produced from fossil fuels (more gas and less coal); renewables …
Modi-Obama Agenda
Visiting US president, Barack Obama, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce breakthrough in civil nuclear agreement and discuss climate change …
Taiwanese firm apologises to Vietnam for environmental disaster
Formosa Ha Tinh Steel’s steel plant had caused massive fish deaths along a 200-km stretch of coast along Vietnam’s Central province
Air pollution killing more Americans under Trump than Obama: Study
It found that 9,700 more people died in 2018 due to air pollution in the US than in 2016 because the Trump administration has made it easier to …
Shell gets final Arctic drilling permits, but with conditions
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has issued “conditional approval” to the last two permits
Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules loses in court, opening a door for new climate rules
The appeals court ruling in the power plant case merely confirms that many of the rollbacks rested on shaky legal grounds. These legal flaws will …
CoP26 Diary (Nov 8): Fossil fuel lobby larger than delegation of any country, term missing from draft statement
Saudi Arabian delegation blocked efforts to write in greater climate ambition in the document, say reports
Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States spiked in 2018: study
Emissions surged because of more use of air travel, freight transport by road, burning of fuel oil in winter and increase in the number of …
First case of Ebola diagnosed in US, death toll nears 3,000
In August, two American health workers were successfully treated in Atlanta after having contracted the disease in Liberia
What will be the outcome of scrapping the US Clean Power Plan on its INDC?
Will it be possible for President Barack Obama to maintain his so-called climate legacy?
Will India manage to survive international pressure to save its pro-people patent law?
US continues to question India’s patent regime in its latest report. The country was kept in the category where unfavorable conditions …
Obama-Modi and climate change
Ask not what India will do for climate. Ask what the US will do to reduce emissions to save world from climate
Why US-China climate deal is neither ‘historic’ nor ‘ambitious’
It will take the world towards a catastrophic beyond 4°C temperature increase pathway
US Elections 2020: Why is fracking a big deal
Fracking has emerged as a key debate issue during the US polls, with both Trump and Biden attempting to woo rural voters; neither wants it banned&…
WTO trumped by America
WTO's recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires highlights the strain on the multilateral trading bloc from US unilateralism and its own`unfair' …
Progress and contradictions in US-India climate relations
The recent US-India join statement takes on a one-sided narrative of India’s commitments to decreasing emissions and transitioning to a …
Obama boosts Modi’s green energy ambitions
Visiting US president promised finance to speed up India’s green energy mission, but it has to be remembered that the US had complained to …
US federal agencies to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent by 2025
Move comes in the wake of US-China deal and is expected to cut overall emissions of the country by 26 million tonnes
Biden has announced a COVID taskforce to guide him through the crisis. But there are many challenges ahead
Biden must restore trust in government and science, ensure transparency and accountability, and build a common purpose so people will act for the …
2020 US polls: How Democrats plan to tackle climate change
None of the major candidates’ plans go far enough to enhance global climate action and is unlikely to enable full and rapid decarbonisation …
Modi, Obama seal nuclear agreement deal
Breakthrough deal made within framework of India’s liability law; US waives off condition to track nuclear material provided by it to India
All about ALS, the rare disease behind the ice bucket challenge
Despite several clinical trials on animals, only one approved drug can treat the infected
Obama pledges to create largest marine reserve in Pacific Ocean
Move meant to check illegal fishing and invasive and damaging energy explorations in the region; committee to address environmental concerns will …
US energy secretary supports Paris Agreement, wants to renegotiate terms
Rick Perry has not elaborated on what “renegotiate” meant in terms of the Paris Agreement
US Supreme Court puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan on hold
The Plan requires at least a 32-per cent cut in CO2 emissions from the power sector compared to 2005 levels by 2030