‘No foreign players will bid in India’s auction of coal blocks’

It does not make sense to auction coal blocks when most blocks do not have environmental clearances, says Tim Buckley, Institute for …

Why shouldn’t I be intolerant?

The circles of information have shrunk to what is most agreeable to listen to. It is no surprise that in all environmental conversations there is …

Plastic Peril

Waste management is key to keeping the oceans free of plastic waste, new research suggests

Cipla's audacious move

Why generics maker Cipla has asked government to revoke Novartis patent on respiratory ailment drug

Monsanto does it again

The biotech seed giant sues a farmer for planting unbranded commodity seeds bought in the open market for patent infringement

The natco-pfizer test

Natco’s demand for a voluntary licence from Pfizer will establish how well the compulsory licence process works in India

A cosmetic leap of faith

Industry ignores perils of using nanotechnology in beauty products

Memories of Agent Orange

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US Matters

The world is already celebrating the US' emissions reduction framework. Our research shows the US climate change action plan is neither ambitious …

No evidence of policy-driven fall in US emissions post-2005, says new book

'Capitan America', a comprehensive analysis of the US climate action plan, says US INDCs are neither equitable nor ambitious  

World headed for water crises by 2040

Two studies suggest immediate change in the water use by power sector to avoid global drought

Gunning for green tech

US continues to target India over its intellectual property regime, especially in pharma, green tech sectors

Phulmai's walk - a day in the life of a headloader

Headloaders - collectors of fuelwood in India's woodlands. On the one hand, seen as forest destroyers, on the other, they are the sole support of …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Experts raise questions on geological and geotechnical surveys for project

Accident spot located near Main Central Thrust of the Himalayas

Coal politics in an unequal world

US sets mercury emission limits

India still far from setting standards for toxic pollutants from power plants

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

Changing basic nature

Countries move from labs to seas to study the implications of ocean acidification

BP quits conservative lobby group ALEC

It is the latest multinational to exit following criticism of ALEC’s rejection of climate change impact

Patent hypocrisies of US

American business lobbies are spreading falsehoods about India’s patent policies—and glossing over their double standards

No climate for cleantech

Most of the clean energy innovations are with just six rich countries and hardly any technology is coming to developing nations

Great Man's distortion

How we came to fear saturated fat

Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science

He’s fuzzy on facts and low on science, but the campaigner gets big media support

A pre-emptive strike against Monsanto

American organic farmers are trying to ensure the biotech giant cannot sue them