In Short

Guinea charges fuel, subsidizes food

Root cause

Adulteration is an effect of warped pricing

2001 onwards

A systematically careless government

Dirty fuel

CSE's Clean Air campaigners ANUMITA ROYCHOWDHURY and CHIRAG SHAH expose the dirty, intelligent and systematic business of fuel adulteration:…

As told to Parliament (April 4, 2022): Amit Shah plays down Opposition worries on data collection Bill

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Coal cess increased, power generation to become dearer

Finance Minister increases carbon tax for fossil fuels

Florida's draft motor rules

Smog has to be cleared

Fuel prices delay emissions trading in New Zealand

As told to Parliament (March 17, 2021): Indian Railways eye 20 GW solar power from vacant land by 2030

All that was discussed in the House through the day

South Asia

Sops for devil’s engines

Petrol price hike's hidden dangers

Anumita Roychowdhury, head of air pollution control unit of Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment, explains the health, budgetary …

Enough is enough

For over a week after Diwali, Delhi breathed poison. Air pollution peaked to unprecedented levels. Public anger forced emergency measures. But …

Budget bites on vehicles

Fails to restrain use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars

Secretive tribunals, hidden damages

Canadian academic Gus Van Harten is well known for his efforts to reform the global investment treaty regime through his research papers, …

India’s many investment treaties make it vulnerable

Senior international lawyer Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, who heads the investment programme of the International Institute on Sustainable …

Bhutan’s experiments with happiness

The idyllic Buddhist kingdom believes that peace and happiness should take preference over material growth. In a world beset by inequities and …