The joker among 'trumps'!
Logging trees to generate power is emerging as the new game to gain carbon credits. But this climate strategy is burning the ecology
(Tooth) brush up with truth: Electric is the worst, bamboo not great either
Climate change potential of electric toothbrush was 11 times greater than the bamboo toothbrush, the study found
CCUS: A climate-friendly approach to India’s $5 trillion economy
CCUS combined with EOR can be a win-win situation for India
Proposed thermal plant will damage Sundarbans
Instead of proposing a coal-fired thermal power plant in an eco-sensitive zone, Bangladesh could have collaborated with India in building up …
Groundwater exploitation linked to rise in India's carbon emissions: study
Billions of liters of groundwater pumped out contributes to carbon emissions in 2 ways - emissions released due to pumps and carbon dioxide …
Cut inequality to fight climate crisis
Economic inequality raises carbon emissions, with the rich contributing most: Human Development Index
Climate Emergency CoP 25: The inadequacy of net zero
The European Commission's Green New Deal's ambigously worded 'climate neutrality' target is concerning
Potential of intact forests in mitigating climate risks undermined: Report
While deforestation alone accounted for 3.2% of gross carbon emissions, selective logging, edge effects, and wildlife loss spiked carbon …
Gujarat has put just one e-vehicle on the road in last six months: Govt data
Maharashtra, which set a target of registering five lakh EVs by 2022 — an average of 274 vehicles per day — managed only four per day …
प्राकृतिक तरीके से जैविक कपड़े बनाती हैं ये महिलाएं
वर्धमान और नाडिया जिले की महिलाएं न केवल प्राकृतिक तरीके से जैविक कपड़े बना रही हैं बल्कि जलवायु परिवर्तन के प्रभाव को कम करने ...
African countries aren't doing enough to prepare for rising sea levels
All the coastal nations will be affected by the rising sea levels and the damage could be reduced by adapting the coastline and …
Where were the whistleblowers in the Volkswagen emissions scandal?
The 'defeat device' used by Volkswagen to cheat emissions testing in its diesel vehicles may be history’s most costly software-related blunder.
Climate Emergency CoP 25: India must release its 2005 baseline emissions data
This will enable much high quality policy-relevant analysis of India’s road to sustainability
‘The Earth is revealing the carbon cycle to modern science’
Balz S Kamber speaks to Down To Earth about the effect of anthropogenic emissions on the global carbon cycle
South Africa’s carbon tax: Aim to ensure zero waste to landfill
The tax launched June 1, 2019, aims to cut emissions by a third next year, 42% by 2025
The e-vehicle paradox
In spite of the change technology promises, the change on ground is so miniscule that the reality of dirty energy and dirty vehicles swamps the …
Netherlands ordered to cut emissions
Activists believe more countries will take action soon
Too early to gauge full impact of COVID-19 on global shipping, aviation: Emissions Gap Report
Document urges use of bio-, green and synthetic fuels in both sectors to reduce warming
ग्लोबल वार्मिंग के कारण पारिस्थितिक तंत्र पहले की तुलना में अधिक मीथेन का उत्पादन करेंगे
लंदन के क्वीन मैरी विश्वविद्यालय और वारविक विश्वविद्यालय के नेतृत्व में किए गए शोध ने 11 वर्षों तक कृत्रिम तालाबों के तापमान के प्रभाव ...
Plants are great at storing CO2. These scientists aim to make them even better
Researchers around the world are working to improve plants’ ability to combat climate change
Greenland is melting: We need to worry about what’s happening on the world’s largest island
The three largest glaciers were responsible for 8.1 millimetre of sea level rise, about 15% of the whole ice sheet’s contribution
Biden winning US elections 2020 shows how clean air, climate inaction influence mandate
Joe Biden’s electoral victory proves that democracy can work for science and environmental justice, says Anumita Roychowdhury of CSE
Pollution in news on June 7
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on pollution
Emission impossible
We need to change the way we farm, we eat and we think as agriculture is the largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions
My clean air concerns
The bottomline is even with the region practically closed down, air quality is still nowhere close to where we need it to be. This should worry …
