The challenge at COP28 really is to have clean language saying “phase out” all fossil fuels: Minal Pathak

Down To Earth talks to Minal Pathak, associate professor at Ahmedabad University and senior scientist of Working Group III of the …

Food production accounts for 15% fossil fuel use, as big oil locks in dependence on petroleum-based pesticides

The fossil fuel usage in fertiliser production is expected to increase significantly through 2050

Dirt cheap backup: Why Finland’s installation of the world’s 1st sand battery may be a game-changer

Sand batteries can ensure round-the-year availability of clean energy

Nuclear energy helped prevent 72 billion tonnes CO2 emissions since 1970

At the end of 2020, there were 441 operable reactors

Green energy

Pawns in the game

GHGs and health

Never to be renewed reality

Mega power projects hold the key

De-romanticizing green energy

Court ruling on Shell’s climate impact and votes against Exxon and Chevron add pressure, but it’s the market that will drive oil giants to change

It is not the courts that will force the fossil fuel industry to curb emissions; a change in investors’ strategies will

Green fuel targets for NCR industries: Here are some learning points from Alwar, Bhiwadi

Almost half the industries in Alwar moved to cleaner fuels, a survey by the Centre for Science and Environment shows

Wealthiest oil producing countries must phase out oil and gas by 2034, poorest by 2050

The world will exhaust the carbon budget for 1.5°C warming in a decade at current rate of emissions

The far side

If the world is serious about addressing climate change it will have to immediately start moving out of fossil fuel technologies.

Chemistry Nobel for development of lithium-ion batteries

John B Goodenough, M Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino are recipients of the prize for 2019

Study finds increased concentration of black carbon in Gangotri region during tourist seasons 

A study finds remarkable increase in concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere near the pilgrim town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand during two …

The day when the world will have a common electricity grid

To allow renewables to thrive in the future, dirty energy should be allowed to continue for some time

Coal comfort: Pacific islands on collision course with Australia over emissions

As Australia looks to expand the coal industry at home, it's also ramping up regional diplomacy aimed at avoiding condemnation by those at the …

Report urges sustainable infrastructure development to fight climate change

The global South will account for roughly two-thirds of infrastructure investment worth US $ 4 trillion per year. Asian and African nations need …

Pre industry climate was cloudier, finds experiment

It has been believed that sulphuric acid vapours generated from fossil fuel combustion and industrial activity aid cloud formation

35 GW power project in Indonesia: Interview with Agung Wicaksono

Agung Wicaksono talks about the 35GW power project in Indonesia. Wicaksono is Vice-Chairman, Programme Management Office for the 35 GW …

Dubious deal

Before looking for supporters elsewhere, the fossil fuel-dependent North should take the first step in reducing carbon emissions at home

Changing narratives

It is time we discussed the science behind the phase out of fossil fuels; by when and which fuel

Mechanisms: Rough Guide

What Southern delegates and NGOs should watch out for in CDM negotiations

The ecological cost of air travel

Steering out of gas

A global oil crisis is just a decade away, warn geologists