Excessive personal consumption has serious global consequences

Those who accumulate the most wealth are also the main emitters of greenhouse gases

Cutting back coal: Global effort hits Chinese wall

India has one of the largest reductions within planned coal capacity

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2020 was the hottest year globally despite cooling La Niña

Matches temperature record of 2016 which began with warming weather events

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Bhopal victims to get additional relief

Assam pollution control board seeks Baghjan shut down, OIL plans to move court

Watchdog cites damages to ecology, violations of environmental acts

Why this California town has declared ‘climate emergency’

Calls upon its residents to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by 2030

Rural penetration of Ujjwala improves, remote areas still remain a problem

LPG connection target raised from 50 million households to 80 million

Southeast Asia’s energy demand to grow by 80 per cent in 2040: IEA

The share of fossil fuels in the region’s energy mix will rise to 78 per cent

Celebrity’s anti-shale angst

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Bhopal's new generation

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Tanzania’s gas boom that never was — when local hopes are dashed by global realities

Perceptions of what gas could bring in the future changed; the industry shattered dreams and left environmental effects such as pollution …

Canada’s latest climate plan bets on expensive and unproven carbon capture technologies

Bill C-12, if passed, commits Canada to “binding” targets every five years as of 2030 with the goal of achieving net-zero emissions …

Lethal landscape

India has 134 contaminated hazardous sites and another 192 'probable' contaminated hazardous sites, which includes seven sites around the …

Even after 4 years of Ujjwala, dealers travel 92 km to deliver cylinders: CAG

17 % beneficiaries still come to dealers’ warehouses for getting cylinder refills

Parts of Germany will phase out coal-fired power by 2030, war in Ukraine notwithstanding: EU MP Matthias Ecke  

As a response to the natural gas crises, Germany has built LNG terminals near ports to import fuel from elsewhere, says Ecke

Freedom fuel: This Pune entrepreneur spawned a quiet clean cooking revolution; here is how

Vishakha Chandhere experiments with cooking devices powered by solar and biomass to beat rising LPG prices

Greenwash? EU labels certain uses of nuclear energy, natural gas ‘sustainable’

The bloc intends to draw investment and boost its bid to decarbonise in the wake of the energy crisis due to the Ukraine war

Bhopal: 38 years ago, while the world slept, its worst industrial disaster unfolded in the heart of India

Anil Agarwal, founder of Centre for Science and Environment and founder editor of Down To Earth, was in Bhopal immediately after the tragedy. …

Delhi's air pollution is down by 25%, need is to reduce another 65%

Enforcement of graded response action plan on pollution hotspots in the national capital can help achieve clean air

Here is a solution for crop residue burning problem

Happy Seeder — a tractor-mounted device — will eliminate air pollution and reduce green house gas emissions from on-farm activities …

South Africa’s carbon tax: Aim to ensure zero waste to landfill

The tax launched June 1, 2019, aims to cut emissions by a third next year, 42% by 2025