Miles to go...

...before this SUV can come clean

Unbalanced sheet

According to the WWF Living Planet 2002 report, people are consuming more natural resources than nature can produce, and some more so than others.…

Prolific movements

Researchers prove that movements in the Earth's crust are largely responsible for the uneven distribution of global biological diversity

Creative accounting

The US administration reneged on its earlier undertaking on the Kyoto Protocol, choosing instead to come up with its own climate change strategy: …

Has forest cover really increased?

The provisional figures for India's forest cover are now ready, and Down To Earth has managed to acquire a copy. The figures, when compared to …

All gas

Every hour, a farmer committed suicide in 2015

87 per cent of total number of suicides were reported from well-off states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,…

It’s about the poor

Poverty line figures hide people’s aspirations

Indraprastha under fire

CNG dispensing company rapped for taking Supreme Court for a ride

Pedal power downplayed

A bicycle costs more, a scooter costs less. Thanks to the finance minister

E-solution

Internet can help decongest traffic

Statutory warning

Over 15 billion cigarettes are smoked everyday!

Embodied energy demystified

Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their use

Till the last drop

Burdened with bumper crop

Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide

Half-hearted democracy

UNDP's Human Development Report 2002 offers a link between politics and development

Follow Up

Soft drinks

Hard-hitting health impacts

On paper

Capital punishment

Every drop counts

Look where the world stands as it celebrates Water Day on March 22

Finishing touches

Ayurvedic massage can reduce body's toxin levels by 58 per cent

More facts, more doubts

Monsanto ups the Bt cotton ante with a feel-good survey

2003's capricious weather

A glimpse into extreme weather events in the third warmest year ever to be recorded

The idea of a clean city

could well become a myth by 2007. More than half of the world' s population by then would be urban dwelling. The urban ecological footprint would …