Building a true green economy

The world has to reinvent growth as it is costing it the Earth

Yesterday once more

Unsafe cleanup of the Carbide factory revives memories of Bhopal's tragedy

Environment ministry, CPCB endorse burning Bhopal's toxic waste at Nagpur

Ignore report that says defence research organisation's facility not suitable for disposing of heavy metals

Africa’s Masai tribals turn slaughterhouse waste to biogas

These biogas cylinders will be available for domestic use at half the price of LPG

Odisha SPCB indicts Hindalco for fluoride contamination in farms

Farmers around the plant in Hirakud had repeatedly complained of heavy crop loss which now has been linked to plant emissions

Kathmandu runs out of gas, diesel and petrol

Nepal Oil Corporation runs up heavy debt

New auto emission norms delayed

Automobile manufacturers unprepared  

G7 commitment to decarbonisation could be more talk less action

While the US and Canada are moving from one fossil fuel to another, other G7 countries are burning more coal since 2009

Efficient farming can feed 3 billion more people worldwide, says study

Targeted efforts to make food systems more efficient can also reduce the environmental footprint of agriculture

Indian Railways to chart a new route to reduce GHG emissions

Focus on low-carbon inter-urban passenger and freight transport, and tools like NAMAs for technology transfer and financing

Bhopal’s toxic links with Indore

Cow manure to to help PG&E generate power

South Asia

In Court

India’s flip-flop on London Olympics

Sports ministry yet to take a decision on boycott after Bhopal tragedy victims’ outcry

Carbon credit policy for telecom sector

Government asks service providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Dow to clean up Bhopal site

Lowland rice is a carbon sink

Pratap Bhattacharyya, senior scientist at the Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI) in Odisha, along with his team at the institute, says rice …

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

Loses moral position to call on developing countries to limit emissions

Tata offers to take up Bhopal gas tragedy liability

Developing world taps renewable energy at twice the rate of rich countries

China leads the global rank on clean energy; India is placed fourth

Methane time bomb ticks under melting Arctic ice

Global warming releasing large amounts of dangerous greenhouse gas from permafrost

Iran-India gas pipeline laid low by geopolitics

Mani Shankar Aiyar is known for the many controversies sparked by his provocative comments and controversial ideas. As Minister for Petroleum and …

Dow in the dumps?

Russia submits climate plan; commits to reducing emissions by 25-30% by 2030

Thirty-two developed nations have submitted their INDCs so far