Challenges of making clean cook stoves accessible to all

Manufacturers demand government support for innovation

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

European companies selling highly polluting fuels to Africa

Exploiting weak fuel quality standards in African countries, these companies are deliberately lowering the quality of fuels

Wasting an opportunity to create safer alternatives to fossil fuels

Generating methane from organic wastes might be a more rational choice than pinning hopes only on coal

Scientists use solar energy to produce clean hydrogen from biomass

It is a new and viable alternative to high-temperature gasification and other renewable means of hydrogen production

Renewables will be cheaper than coal in the future. Here are the numbers

In coming decades, price of renewable energy will fall significantly relative to new-build coal, making an all-renewable electricity system more …

Technology push at COP 23: platform to promote low carbon fuels launched

The below50 initiative hubs was launched in North America, South America and Australia to bring together suppliers and costumers for …

Kashmir has about 200,000 LPG-fitted vehicles, but not a single authorised filling station

Due to the unavailability of LPG filling stations, the owners of LPG-fitted vehicles have resorted to illegal means to refill their cars

Niti Aayog releases reports on biomass management, clean fuel and clean transport

Union Government’s policy think-tank intends to bring down pollution contribution from major sectors

10 on 10 with 10 ppm: A wise step on All Fools’ Day

Starting from today, Delhi leads to sell only clean petrol and diesel fuel with sulphur content as low as 10 ppm

CSE welcomes much-awaited Delhi government notification on approved fuel list

Notification mandates use of only cleaner fuels and bars all toxic and polluting fuels from being used in the city

In LPG age, cow dung cake makers are still painting the town brown

While the government claims it has made several people from Odisha’s rural areas switch to clean fuel, people still depend on animal waste …

Public transport should be made accessible while fighting air pollution

The fight for breathable air during winters shouldn't take away people's right to first-mile and last-mile connectivity

Govt admits refilling LPG cylinders under Ujjwala a challenge, plans a new scheme

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s joint secretary says the Centre plans to launch a scheme on solar cookers after PMUY fails

Union Budget 2019-20: Power access still in focus, what about solar rooftop?

Here’s taking stock of what the Union Budget 2019 had for renewable energy and access to energy

Fight barriers to solutions to clean air

Need solution-driven agenda to build public and political will to overpower resistance from inconvenience of change

Energy access goals need greater effort in post-COVID-19 world: Report

Report calls SDG 7 progress of last few years regarding access to electricity insufficient; says pandemic will make things worse

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 17, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Women’s perceptions of cooking fuel hamper transition to clean energy: Study

Policies that promoted improved fuels targeted women as the primary beneficiaries, who mostly believed fuelwood contributed to their well-being more

Access to electricity improves across states, urban-rural divide remains: NFHS-5

At least 99% household population in Goa, Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka had electricity  

Budget 2021-22 should incentivise clean fuel for pollution control

Transition to cleaner fuels used for combustion, as done in Beijing, is the most dependable solution to clean Delhi’s air

Use of dirty fuels is pervasive in Ghana. What can be done to transition to clean energy

Giving subsidies could help more households use clean fuels

India moving towards gas-based economy: President Kovind

Work happening to improve infrastructure and increase connectivity

Clean energy, renewables, stubble burning: What the Union Budget 2021-22 missed

The budget lost the opportunity to address rural sector, where the Ujjwala Scheme will be extended to only one crore additional beneficiaries

Air pollution in rural India: Ignored but not absent

Air pollution is a transboundary problem, it transcends rural and urban boundaries. But the issue is rarely discussed and action plans are rigid