Fighting global warming may yield health benefits worth trillions

New study finds strongest, potential near-term health benefits in China and India

Time up for reinvention?

If 2018 was the year of revolt, 2019 should be the year of realisation that we must change the way we do business

China eyes more coal-fired power plants despite production surplus, pollution woes

As the power demand growth has slowed from 10 to three per cent or less per year, China now risks wasting half a trillion dollars on new coal-…

Ice-free Arctic this summer: a possibility signalling drastic climate change

Melting of Arctic ice is having a cascading effect on tundra animals, triggering extreme weather conditions and changing landscape pattern

Tense over energy

South Asia is looking at an energy abyss. Millions of its people have no access to electricity or any other energy. This has put the brakes on …

Bhopal stirs far away EU

UCIL's end-game

With the dismantling of the Union Carbide factory responsible for the Bhopal gas leak, vital evidence in the case, which reveals the company's …

Why draft EIA 2020 needs a revaluation

The point of contention in the draft Environment Impact Assessment is post-facto clearance and less public participation with affected …

New evidence favours Bhopal gas victims battling Dow Chemical

US court documents reveal Dow and Union Carbide are one and same company, not separate legal entities as claimed

जीवाश्म ईंधन के लिए करोड़ों डॉलर फाइनेंस कर रहे हैं दुनिया के कई बड़े बैंक

दुनिया के 60 सबसे बड़े बैंकों ने 2015 से 2020 के बीच जीवाश्म ईंधन से जुड़ी कंपनियों को करीब 275,70,140 करोड़ रुपए का वित्त ...

Towards circular economy: What to do with legacy waste in India

Bioremediation to treat legacy waste and reclaim old dumpsites may not always work; the composition of the waste also matters

Indian research can help cut nitrogen fertiliser waste

Indian scientists manage to identify phenotypes, visibly identifiable features that determine the efficiency with which cultivars use nitrogen

जलवायु परिवर्तन और विकास लक्ष्यों का तालमेल जरूरी

अध्ययन में पाया गया कि यदि प्रति व्यक्ति सकल घरेलू उत्पाद 10 हजार डॉलर से अधिक हो जाए तो देशों को कार्बन उत्सर्जन कम ...

In deep water: Emissions can add 15 inches to 2100 sea level rise, study finds

Greenland and Antarctica’s ice sheets could together contribute to this 38-cm rise — beyond the amount that has been projected …

Storm in the pond: 5 brew in Atlantic — only the 2nd time

Peak Atlantic hurricane season is on way, and scientists may run out of names 

अगले 30 सालों में 1,400 करोड़ हो जाएंगे कूलिंग उपकरण, आज से 4 गुना ज्यादा

एयर कंडीशनर की दक्षता में इजाफा करके ग्रीनहाउस गैसों के उत्सर्जन में 46,000 करोड़ टन की कटौती की जा सकती है| 

Scientific reticence is a serious threat when it comes to climate change

Professionals need to speak out on looming dangers even at the cost of getting it wrong

Indian CNG buses better than diesel buses; almost conform to Euro VI norms

Attempts are being made to misrepresent CNG bus emissions as more dangerous than diesel bus emissions, says Centre for Science and Environment

Make Gujarat a CNG state: high court

Bring natrual gas rate at par with that in Delhi, Mumbai

Shareholders, too, complain against Dow

Power hat trick

Tri-generation systems use one fuel for simultaneous heating, cooling and power generation

Why geoengineering is still a dangerous, techno-utopian dream

Experts have increasingly warned against manipulating Earth’s natural systems 

CBI can seek Anderson’s extradition

Delhi court gives permission. But is CBI ready?

Proposal to airlift Bhopal waste to Germany in jeopardy

GIZ says its reputation at stake after details of proposal were leaked in German media

Poison present

Greenpeace and Bhopal disaster survivors transported toxic waste from the Bhopal disaster site to Dow Chemical Co's largest European operation, …