A public eyewash
The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should stop wasting …
Accountable automatically
Emission warranty and recall system have compelled the automobile manufacturers in the US and Sweden to take serious anti-pollution measures
Weed them out
The challenge is how to isolate "gross polluters" from the vehicle fleet and send them back to the manufacturers
What does Boris Johnson’s plan to ban fuel-powered vehicles mean for UK
Several other countries may follow suit in the coming years to phase out petrol- and diesel-run vehicles
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 …
Too early to celebrate lithium discovery in Jammu and Kashmir
The resource in Jammu is only inferred, which is the lowest in the conviction for the estimation of a mineral deposit
Manufactured Chaos
How the Delhi government evaded the Supreme Court order on CNG to engineer a state of anarchy?
Planet of the humans: Is green energy enough to save the day?
The film is a depiction of what can go wrong if we do not address the energy question. What it does not address is the monstrous scale …
Better, not faster transport: Decarbonising mobility shouldn’t be dysphoric
India needs to rethink if faster transport can be the only solution to changing travel behaviour
West By Far East
In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.
CAG slams government over ultra mega power projects
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power made profits worth Rs 29,033 crore as it was allowed to divert coal
More dreams sans cars
From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car-free city has evolved gradually
Owning the road
Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A movement is spreading across Europe to drive cars out. People are beginning to say no to cars
Road safety bill: Can it help achieve zero mortality?
Experts attending a roundtable organised by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment urge for a people-centric law rather than one …
EU’s anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles is a risky strategy that may backfire
The commission will now undertake the investigation and probably propose new “anti-subsidy” duties on Chinese imports
Climate change is an infrastructure problem: Map of electric vehicle chargers shows one reason why
Uneven, limited charging infrastructure is a major roadblock to rapid electrification of vehicle fleet in the US, considered crucial to reducing …
China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment — driven from the industry-rich Hunan region
Vulnerability of African countries and changing domestic needs of China leading to the shift
The anatomy of congestion
Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 9, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Making India’s 3-wheelers electric
Down To Earth presents a snapshot on the electrification of 3-wheelers in India and how it can benefit the country
Centre releases white paper on pathways to catalyse tech innovation ecosystem for e-mobility
Document co-authored by CSE with Department of Science & Technology part of white paper; it envisages focused cell & battery development …
Race to save the world
‘Racing Green’ shows how motorsport acts as a proving ground to experiment with sustainable innovations that can be adopted for …
This is not the time to obscure the e-car pathway
As the car industry has to prepare for firmer regulatory targets for electrification and upscaled market by 2030, only incremental steps within …
As told to Parliament (February 2, 2024): Rs 2.81 lakh crore transferred to 110 million farmers so far under PM-Kisan
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Union Budget 2024-25 set blueprint for India’s New Green Deal
Sitharaman’s announcements are in line with PM Modi’s 2021 Glasgow declaration on Net Zero by 2070