Livestock production causes global warming, strains land and water resources

Medicinal plants help animals digest better

UN Environment Assembly: Livestock 'fart' is back in focus

An advance note of UNEP’s executive director lists meat consumption as an unmanageable threat to global warming  

'Cheap gas makes renewables appear less attractive'

Researcher and professor at University of Maryland, Klaus Hubacek, explains the costs of the natural gas boom in terms of its impact for overall …

US to lead climate coalition to reduce non-CO2 pollutants

Aims to slow down global temperature rise by 0.5°C

Recession, not natural gas, was major cause of drop in US emissions

A recent study shows that the US power sector’s coal-to-gas switch played only a modest role

Protests against methane mining in Chhattisgarh

Test drive to Mars

India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country will become the fourth …

US announces new methane emission standards for oil and gas industry

The government estimates that complying with these standards will reduce methane emissions by up to 45 per cent by 2025

India and US renew environment agreement

Predicting doom

Global warming will impact crop production

Cat out of the bag

First observed evidence of long-term effects of GHG emissions

Avg global temperature can rise by 1.5°C in next 5 years: WMO report

Countries under 2015 Paris Agreement had agreed to try and limit average global temperature rise to below 2°C by the end of the century

90 companies responsible for two-third of global carbon emissions

Coal India Limited listed among the top 20. Should the onus of past carbon emissions be shifted to these companies?

Rice fields as carbon sinks

A study by Indian scientists finds lowland flooded rice ecosystems can store vast amounts of carbon but the jury is still out on whether these …

COP27 diary (November 17): Details on loss and damage facility, phasing out coal missing from ‘Cover Decision’ draft

A round-up of what went on at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit  

Methane time bomb ticks under melting Arctic ice

Global warming releasing large amounts of dangerous greenhouse gas from permafrost

Delhi to go greener

After CNG, the national capital is all set to run its public transport fleet on biogas

Filthy India? Have you looked at your own country, President Trump

India’s historical emissions have been far lower and the gap between India and the US widens by a large factor when considering per capita …

California to cut down emissions of methane, HFCs and black carbon

Reduction in the emissions of short lived climate pollutants can facilitate the post-2015 development agenda

Shale gas: hype and reality

As the world rushes for the gas, scientists gather evidence of its environmental risks

World Bank alarm on growing garbage burden

First-of-its-kind report projects exponential increase in municipal solid waste; questions reliability of available data and waste disposal methods

Beef cattle release more greenhouse gases than other livestock

Environmental footprint of beef is bigger than poultry or dairy

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Back to basics: COVID-19 labour crunch brings direct seeding of paddy in focus

States have been trying to promote DSR for some time; it is gaining traction now — Since June, when kharif sowing started, 0.7 million ha …