Pure myth

When was the last time you drank water straight from the tap at your house to slake thirst on a hot summer day, without hesitation. Chances are …

Home truths

Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…

Smog has to be cleared

Silence is the best policy

Divert, deny, dismiss and damn

Resource war India after 2020

If the developing world today is the locus of climate change  mitigation, including reduction in emissions, then there surely must exist a …

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

The truth about solar mission

For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to …

A smart idea

Economic growth has unleashed an enormous appetite for home appliances among the Indian middle class. At their current level of energy efficiency,…

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters

US challenges India's solar energy policy before WTO

'It is an attempt to browbeat India and further the interest of US solar companies'

Natural and pure?

There is no way one can tell

When battered people took on the pesticide industry

Trimming fats

The US is determined to eliminate trans fatty acids from its food. Can India do the same?

Kidney conundrum

A mysterious chronic kidney disease is afflicting a large number of people in India and Sri Lanka. Despite decades of studies, scientists are …

POSCO gets green signal

Environment ministry goes soft on South Korean steel giant POSCO

Solar energy is everybody's business

Solar mission is too important to let doubtful dealings hijack it

Free food body of corporate influence

Supreme Court asks food regulator to form new scientific panels

Ganguly panel confirms pesticide in soft drinks

Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …

Common concerns

As the commons come under increasing assault, academics, practitioners and policymakers come together to devise ways to protect shared resources

Who is monitoring Lavasa?

Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …

Durban diary: a visual journal

Time-out

The 17th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change met in Durban in December 2011. Negotiations were heated and …