Human factor in swine flu

Whose view of climate equity?

Recycling carbon

Cabinet push to nuclear bill

Multinationals will make profits, government will bear liability

Copenhagen According to USA

Pesticides linked to neuro-disorder

Chemicals in food may trigger attention deficit hyperactivity   

Global Eco Watch: How climate may have helped exacerbate Spanish Flu

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology  

COVID-19 to Black Lives Matter: How the Columbian Exchange still shapes lives

Down To Earth talks with American journalist and author Charles C Mann about the relevance of the Columbian Exchange in today’s pandemic-…

Smoke and mirrors on COVID-19 drugs?

In a brutal fight to corner the successful outcome of research, governments are openly using money power to grab the first rights to promising …

COP27 diary (November 10): Rich countries admit funding gap in addressing loss & damage

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

Zero-emission mass transport in hills: Lessons from Himachal

Hill states need a different demand-aggregation model for procurement of electric buses to meet their unique requirements

COVID-19 update: Over 1,000 daily cases in India for first time in 2023

Over 665,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last seven days worldwide, along with 4,178 deaths

Setback for clean innovation, boost to fossil fuels

USA’s exit from the Paris Agreement can lead to a higher degree of global temperature rise, with widespread impacts

Paris foretold and forewarned: what to expect from COP21

The French government knows it cannot make the same blunders as the Danish government made in Copenhagen in 2009, when trust between countries&…

Does Volkswagen fraud signal death of diesel?

Making diesel vehicles clean, powerful and fuel-efficient is no easy task, and the Volkswagen cheating case has exposed this. This should act as …

US’ revised Clean Power Plan not ambitious enough

The final plan boasts of only a marginal difference in the amount of power generation-related emissions reduced until 2030

'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 …

Ignore US bullying on IPRs

Countries should not be stampeded into changing laws by the USTR's arbitrary Special 301 report

Polar vortex may freeze parts of US again this winter

Private weather forecaster AccuWeather forecasts a colder winter due to polar vortex; US Met office bets on El Niño

Why demand for Gondwana state continues to be scuttled

Successive governments have been rejecting demand for separate tribal state in central India on the ground that there is no unifying language. …

Lima climate summit: Commitment to deal with ‘Loss and Damage’ weakens

Least Developed Countries and civil society organisations call for an explicit inclusion of ‘Loss and Damage’ in the climate …

World Bank axes coal-power funds

While India is unfazed by the decision, other developing countries may be hit hard

Environment Day special: ACmageddon

Debt crisis and gap in affordable climate finance in focus at IMF, World Bank meeting

Spring Meetings 2023 took place from April 10-16, 2023 in Washington DC

Shale gas: dubious game-changer