Chief culprit
Study warns that in the future climate change could be primarily responsible for ozone depletion
Auto Fool Policy
The Auto Fuel Policy makes a mockery of Delhi's pollution crisis by proposing a pedestrian roadmap. Live and die with pollution. You deserve …
In reverse gear
The Mashelkar Committee's interim report on the country's auto fuel policy proves to be a major setback for the CNG campaign
Death knell sounded for dirty carbon credits from coal
CDM Executive Board decides to put the methodology used by coal power plants to earn carbon credits under further scrutiny
Steering the way
The computer-generated Anil Agarwal Clean Air Model, developed by CSE, assesses what it takes to clean up Delhi's air. Some astounding results …
Goa public accounts committee blows the lid off mining scam
Fifteen million tonnes of iron ore extracted and exported from the state illegally in last six years
Green future
The present phase of climate change talks ends with consensus on ways to implement the Kyoto Protocol
‘We have no time for emission offsets’
For 10 years Jutta Kill has monitored and critiqued EU’s climate policy and carbon trading with a focus on forests and the rights of forest …
What next?
More and more people are waking up to the need for an international climate regime based on the principle of per capita entitlements to the …
‘India should lead way in clean cook stoves’
Experts draw attention to high child mortality and morbidity among women and children because of inefficient cook stoves
Durban turning futile as EU buries head in sand
With the carbon market in doldrums, emerging economies like India will have to announce bolder schemes for a low carbon future
Norway to cut emissions by 40 per cent
The government presented a proposal in the Norwegian Parliament, showing its commitment towards reducing anthropogenic climate change
The right blend
Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…
Driven for and by the people
GRP has emerged as a truly democratic indicator of the direction in which corporate environmental governance is headed
Suffering from myopia
George Bush may not understand the 'science' of climate change. But the corporate houses behind him will soon understand the global benefits of …
EU warns Indian, Chinese airlines
Developing countries say no to unilateral trade measures to curb carbon emissions at Bonn meet
Pact politics
High political drama marks climate negotiations as the European Union strives to ratify the Kyoto protocol without the US, world's biggest polluter
Nicholas Stern on politics of climate change
In 2006, Nicholas Stern former chief economist, World Bank and advisor to the UK government, wrote about the economic threat from climate …
UK can reduce 37% of its CO2 emissions by restoring ecosystems: Report
The country’s landscapes can store carbon and absorb a third of the emissions, the report says
Hold Up!
The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming
Climate change conference- World leaders fail to act again
The 12th Conference of Parties to the UN climate convention saw the setting up of an adaptation fund to help poor countries. Ritu Gupta …
Agrarian crisis: farmers from 15 states protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar
They demand moratorium on land acquisition; farmers' suicides, falling incomes and GMOs on list of concerns
Rescued or doomed
Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …
EU parliamentarians vote against propping up carbon prices
Proposal to artificially boost carbon prices fails to receive support, sends prices crashing further
Emissions trading in particulate matter takes off
Will the market-based approach to controlling air pollution prove more effective than enforcement methods used by pollution control boards?