‘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