Parking poison
Coal-based plants spew mercury
Taking the US to democracy
Durban turning futile as EU buries head in sand
With the carbon market in doldrums, emerging economies like India will have to announce bolder schemes for a low carbon future
The right blend
Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…
Energised by vegetables
Are biofuels a feasible option to replacing conventional fuels?
Science in our daily lives
Driven for and by the people
GRP has emerged as a truly democratic indicator of the direction in which corporate environmental governance is headed
Suffering from myopia
George Bush may not understand the 'science' of climate change. But the corporate houses behind him will soon understand the global benefits of …
Engine trouble
The Indian auto industry has got stuck with obsolete engines. It needs a jump-start
From cradle to grave
GRP followed a life cycle analysis and set up parameters in accordance
The US and us
EU warns Indian, Chinese airlines
Developing countries say no to unilateral trade measures to curb carbon emissions at Bonn meet
Pact politics
High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to ratify the Kyoto protocol without the US, world's biggest polluter
UK can reduce 37% of its CO2 emissions by restoring ecosystems: Report
The country’s landscapes can store carbon and absorb a third of the emissions, the report says
Hold Up!
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming
Rescued or doomed
Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …
Low on carbon crunching
Fresh scheme sets efficiency targets for energy-guzzling sectors but is still too soft
EU parliamentarians vote against propping up carbon prices
Proposal to artificially boost carbon prices fails to receive support, sends prices crashing further
Emissions trading in particulate matter takes off
Will the market-based approach to controlling air pollution prove more effective than enforcement methods used by pollution control boards?
HFC-23 emissions on the rise
India, China threaten to release more super greenhouse gas; developed countries just as guilty
Post-COVID-19: Govt has opportunity to build eco-institutionalism
Long-term planning needs standardising data to monitor environment, institutionalising climate-risk assessment
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 …
India, China slam EU’s carbon emissions tax on airlines
Say it would jeopardise international efforts to combat climate change
Carbon pricing works to reduce emissions, says study
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in countries that have carbon pricing are two percentage points lower than those that …