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Failed Net Zero pledges: Just 0.3% renewable energy produced by 12 European Big Oil companies in 2022

Only 7.3% ($7.09 billion) of companies’ 2022 investments went towards green energy, rest 92.7% ($87.95bn) spent on fossil fuel …

Food transitions in age of climate crisis should focus on diversifying options

Escalating atmospheric temperatures, with a projected rise of up to 3.2°C by the century’s end, would further exacerbate food crisis

Oregon county sues fossil fuel firms for 2021 heat dome in the Pacific Northwest

Multnomah county seeks $50 million in actual damages and $1.5 billion in future damages from giant oil, gas, and coal companies for damages due …

WMO approves a global tracker for greenhouse gas emissions

Global greenhouse gas watch to fill critical information gaps, provide an integrated and operational framework

Getting out of fossils

Quickly ramping up cheaper finance should be JET-P’s focus so that the new energy future is clean

Do not just single out coal

Why should countries of the western world, which have already appropriated the giant share of the carbon budget, be given a free pass on the …

COP27: Agriculture finally on table; beware of greenwashing though, warn experts

The first official Food and Agriculture Pavilion at a UNFCCC COP has been unveiled at Sharm El-Sheikh

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 12, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

We need to worry about methane from landfills; look at Mumbai numbers

Waste sector emissions can be targeted for mitigation, suggests new study      

We need to immediately stop oil and gas expansion: Environmentalist at helm of anti-fossil fuel movement at CoP26

Tzeporah Berman, a Canadian environmentalist, spoke to DTE at the sidelines of Glasgow summit

5 days to CoP26: NDCs insufficient, climate finance unmet till 2023

Signals on key issues such as enhanced climate ambition and climate finance point to poor progress

CoP26 progress: China, South Africa boost climate action momentum, but global ambition remains inadequate

South Africa, China have either announced new NDCs or are targeting reduced investment in fossil fuels, but overall progress falls short of Paris …

Clean cooking: Can we think beyond LPG?

Availability of LPG is largely dependent on imports and may not be a sustainable alternative for a clean cooking fuel

Access to electricity improves across states, urban-rural divide remains: NFHS-5

At least 99% household population in Goa, Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka had electricity  

International Day of Climate Action: All talk, no show on Paris Agreement targets

Countries may have announced grandiose plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they are unlikely to meet the global target to become carbon …

New study helps monitor trends in phytoplankton biomass in Bay of Bengal

Information on marine environmental parameters is important as it serves as a basis for monitoring climate change, river discharge

Savage sapiens, ravaged planet and COVID-19

It may be difficult to have a planet that no longer uses oil or coal, does not kill millions of farmed animals, degrade wetlands and rivers

Poison, unlimited: India's chemicals industry remains dangerously

India has failed to come up with effective legislations for its chemical industry even 35 years after the Bhopal tragedy

Alaska SC hears young activists' lawsuit against fossil fuel policy

The state’s energy policy is violating right to a safe climate, argue 16 young climate activists

Can bicycle sharing reduce global carbon emissions?

Shared bicycles can be part of a more sustainable world; but, ridership needs to expand beyond those who are already committed to a green lifestyle

In carbon negative Sikkim, emissions are on the rise

A preliminary report by the Sikkim government suggests the green state is carbon-negative, but emissions are on the rise

We are living in a 400 ppm world, maybe permanently

The CO2 levels in earth's atmosphere have permanently crossed the dangerous 400 ppm mark