In reverse gear
The Mashelkar Committee's interim report on the country's auto fuel policy proves to be a major setback for the CNG campaign
Small in size, big problem
Nanoparticles, as tiny as a billionth of a metre, pose a challenge to scientists and regulatory authorities alike. It may also be a huge health …
Manufactured Chaos
How the Delhi government evaded the Supreme Court order on CNG to engineer a state of anarchy?
To catch a Delhi bus
Read a daily commuter’s hilarious (and serious) take on how millions like her struggle to access the commonest mode of transport in India&…
Missing the bus
The whole world is moving towards CNG. But the crisis of governance in Delhi keeps the air filthy
Union ministry of surface transport
Saboteur-in-chief. Is responsible for making procedures. Has botched them up, discouraging those keen on CNG
Emergence of South
2013 human development report applauds efforts of developing nations. Is India on track?
Nicholas Stern on politics of climate change
In 2006, Nicholas Stern former chief economist, World Bank and advisor to the UK government, wrote about the economic threat from climate …
Why Delhi needs e-buses
With the recent developments in battery technology, e-vehicles will not only reduce pollution but lead to sustainable development
No diesel-run buses and auto rickshaws in Patna from April 1
State government in no mood to extend the deadline to ban diesel vehicles that had been extended for two years due to COVID-19
Tata Energy Research Institute In service of polluters
The Swedish experts have identified traces of over 40 substances in diesel exhaust that are listed by the epa as hazardous air pollutants and …
Small car revolution Who cares about congestion, pollution
The ultra-cheap small cars in the pipeline will tilt the skewed balance against public transport and two-wheelers irretrievably. The result will …
Private vehicles eating into scare public land
Private vehicles are clogging city streets, as they grow at a frightening pace. Hidden subsidies help park them on scarce public land and …
‘We plan to make public transport more convenient’
Sheila Dikshit of the Congress party has been the chief minister of Delhi for three consecutive terms. She is in the fray to win the seat a …
14 ways citizens and govt can help reduce air pollution in Delhi
An environmentalist suggests few solutions, which, if adopted by both the administration and the people, can better the capital’s air quality
SC takes cognisance of alarming increase in air pollution in Delhi
Centre for Science and Environment welcomes apex court’s decision to accelerate priority measures to cut toxic vehicular emissions and air …
Respiratory, cardiac diseases on the rise
In ten years from now, New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai together will record the highest number of premature deaths caused by air pollution
Can gasification be the solution to crop burning?
Biomass gasification can not only prevent air pollution from burning crop residues, but also increase farmers’ income and manage municipal …
COVID-19: India should act now to avert a bus sector collapse
The Centre should provide stimulus packages and chalk out long-term plan to revive te bus sector
Why we need a new lens to clear the air
Science may have become our only crutch against bad air, but it is time we invented a new politics of space that privileges the walker and the cyclist
Tensions that continue
While launching this newsmagazine, our founder-editor Anil Agarwal had said that in the years ahead, India will have to seize every possible …
Diwali is far, but smog is here
Slow wind speed and pollution build up chokes people; authorities fail to issue health alerts
Delhi’s clean air challenge
It is time to understand what we have done and the actions we need to take urgently and decisively
Air pollution
The Modi government released the National Air Quality Index (AQI) for public information
World Environment Day 2020: Looking ahead of lockdown
The COVID-19 lockdown brought us clean air and a blue sky, but at a cost; What do we need to keep it going? Sunita Narain sets the agenda