Panchayat Raj Half a cheer for democracy

There is a great push to make panchayats the fulcrum of rural development in India. But 16 years after the third tier of government was created, …

Bad feed

New lands of the free

New lands of the fat?

Land of the Free

Brinksman

As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We've discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in …

Now what?

Rolling on

Now what?

Rolling on

A few questions

The new Money plant

The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India's burgeoning oil import bill. And …

Beyond oil

Energy security will not come with more drilling. The faster we realise this, the better

High and dry

India's energy supplies depend entirely on the vagaries of the market

The Caspian affair

The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas

Energised by oil

Energy policy has always been of vital importance in the US. That's why oil and gas executives have taken over the reigns of the government today

Oil that glitters

Petroleum fuels the engines of the global economy. So there is never enough of it. Oil politics dictates international relations

Picture imperfect

Aerosol research is still in its infancy. Further studies will reveal the definitive long-term impact of these tiny particles

Widespread web

The threats from aerosols are all pervading

Saving future

Solution to crisis: start planning now

Hard rain down the drain

What's eating up the state's water

India Exposed!

It is unimaginable. Air quality in most Indian cities is at critical levels. And the culprit - respirable particulates - are way above danger …

Mounting Evidence, Collapsing Public Health

New Age Approach

We need to go back to the drawing board to reinvent a green toilet. If necessary, to go back to our past and find technological innovations that …

Drowning In Human Excreta

Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an …

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.