Power trickles down

Successful cooperatives compel Maharashtra government to hand over control of irrigation facilities to farmers

Big response to solar power plan

Uttarakhand gets applications for 65 per cent of its target in 15 days of launching scheme

Swedish renaissance

Second-generation reforms in energy certification come through

Drought is in the mind

GOOD NEWS: There is more evidence to show that water harvesting can go a long way in dealing with drought and solving the water crisis, and even …

Political harvest

Report card: A scheme that can help solve the water crisis has become a tool to promote political interests of the ruling party Success level: Poor

Learning the mantra

Report card: The government realised its failures and learned from the civil society. Despite cases of corruption and some errors in planning, …

Keep on the grass

Alpine pastures are thriving despite policies to encourage grazing. But Himalayan pastures languish despite strong conservationist policies

No concrete plans

The Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project team has rated the cement industry. Its findings uncovered some surprises. The …

The climate and trade tango

Why the US is such a bully

US attempts to kill of global democracy are getting more commonplace than ever. In such a political climate, it is impossible to talk about …

New milky way

Private players are entering the Indian dairy market in a big way. Dairy cooperatives, which ushered in the White Revolution, need to expand and …

Powerless and lost

Costly largesse

US unveils safety net for its farmers, shackling global free trade and posing a threat to environment

Cancun redux

Reflecting upon the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization at Cancun, a Down To Earth editorial (see: "How not to lose …

Maize Mania

Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …

Disappointed by G20 conclusions, 2.8°C heating likely without climate action, Guterres says at UN summit

Calls for ending fossil fuel subsidies & operationalising Loss and Damage Fund

The chulha politics

Solar energy not war

Old demons remain, new emerge

Developing nations warn any move to reinterpret UNFCCC will be counterproductive

Budget bites on vehicles

Fails to restrain use of subsidised diesel in private diesel cars

Raise tax on diesel cars

Proliferating diesel cars are a public health risk and drain the exchequer

Prime Minister’s Logic

Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

Reform in fossil fuel subsidy is a mitigation opportunity

Money saved from the phasing out of fuel subsidies can be used for social and development programmes

‘There is not enough milk’

Amrita Patel was part of the White Revolution that made India self-sufficient in milk. She joined Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’…