Big wonder

Homoeopathy to combat the arsenic menace

Treacherous Syngenta

The world's third largest seed company files patents for public-funded rice research

Foreign concern

India can't care about hazardous imports; the world must

In Court

Sailing with buckets

UK changes its waste strategy for circular economy with Brexit

Maximise the value of resource use, and minimise adverse environmental impacts, aims new waste strategy of UK

UK after Brexit: farm subsidy could be significantly reduced to comply with WTO rules

Being an EU member state, the UK had been insulated from WTO rules that dictate the size of subsidies and how they are paid

UK fertility clinics offering unverified add-on services

A research paper finds that only 13 of 74 clinics substantiated the claims on their websites

UK government's plans to curb air pollution 'illegal' and 'poor': High court

About 50,000 early deaths and economic loss of £27.5 billion are recorded in the UK each year due to air pollution

Chocks away for green plans

After years of controlling noise pollution, airports across the globe are now trying to curb water and air defilement

UK environmentalists tilt at windmills

The setting up of windmills in the British countryside has sparked off a heated debate because some conservationists contend they are …

The world of french fries and potato salad

The potato, native to South America, invaded England in 1588, the year Elizabeth I's devil-may-care sea-dogs vanquished the Spanish Armada. It …

India and Britain differ on conservation issues

India doubts the ability of the British to understand the complexity of Indian ecosystems and suggest measures for their conservation.

Green politics must be pragmatic to succeed

Erstwhile Green Party spokesperson Sara Parkin on the future of green movements in the industrialised world.

Not a drop to waste

A couple of decades from now, the West may have to combat an unprecedented water crisis. Contamination and wastage will only hasten the process

Not testing the waters

Case filed against British geological body for not providing information on arsenic contamination in Bangladesh's wells

Maths of Gilead's hepatitis C drug

Why US firm's super expensive drug sofosbuvir costs so much and how it can be made at a tenth of current price

G8 and tragedy of Africa

Rich nations are forcing African states to change laws to facilitate private investment in agriculture in a replay of colonial adventurism

Climate change: Is UK prepared for increased flood risks? No, says new report

UK has been hit by flash flooding 51 times since 2007  

Long Covid: 2 million cases in UK, experts seek recognition of condition as ‘occupational illness’

Most cases reported to have tested positive a year ago

Bleak future

Waste not, want not

Fourteen tonnes of UK's nuclear waste lands at an earthquake-vulnerable site in Japan

'Green' government

Fatal attraction

Why pregnant women attract mosquitoes

Insight on wetlands

The destruction of wetlands began more than a thousand years ago