Energy fixing
Bureau of Energy Efficiency says it is likely to meet Plan target. Experts say claims far from truth
Earth’s climate worsened in 2019: WMO report
The decade between 2010-2019 was also the hottest
Gender balance gadget
States turn to dubious technology for saving girl child
Sunpower is for free
A new plan to popularise solar photovoltaic products has recently been launched in India
Bonn and beyond
The climate change meeting at Bonn tentatively agreed to postpone resolution of issues
Lab's labour lost
Products designed by premier scientific institutions fail to find the pulse of the market
Turn of the tide in 120 years: Past, present and future of climate
Rise in average surface temperature of Earth will cross 1.5°C in next 20 years and 2°C by middle of the century; rapid reductions to …
Fever still a mystery
Authorities yet to identify cause of deadly disease prevalent in Muzaffarpur for a decade
Rocking the Himalayas
Indian seismic experts are in a tizzy over predictions of an imminent gigantic earthquake in the central Himalayas
Born free, but...
...doomed to extinction all over the world, large carnivores may yet be saved following urgent companies in Asian countries and eksewhere, …
A Pest Of A Problem
Cross-border trade in hazardous chemicals and pesticides threatens the ecology with dire consequences. Sixty-one nations get together to ward off …
BONE BAZAAR
Two small border towns, Tachilek in Myanmar and Mae Sai in Thailand, thrive on illegal trade in animal products. ANIL AGARWAL and SUNITA NARAIN …
SPREADING SMOKE
Strict US legislations are forcing cigarette companies to shift business to developing countries, where they are helped by lax laws and …
Greening the industry
The Centre for Science and Environment ( CSE) releases the environmental rating of the pulp and paper sector. Participants laud CSE efforts …
Digging the earth
Earlier it was deforestation, now it is mining that threatens the once stately Aravallis with total destruction
Power of the people
As megacities across the world boom, simple pleasures of life like fresh air and clean water have been lost. Initially, governments tried to …
Soft target
The Orissa government makes a move to wrest control of some 2,000-odd non-governmental organisations operating in the state
Emissions Gap Report: Only 14% chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C even in most optimistic scenarios
Unconditional NDCs project a 22 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent gap for 1.5°C goal
Making science of mumbo-jumbo
Scientists compile India's ethnic knowledge. They find a veritable gold-mine
A bit of iodine in my salt
A nation stands divided over the government's proposal to lift the ban on non-iodised salt
Loud campaign
Firecracker industry launches drive against noise pollution laws
Faith in spate
Sabarimala bursting at the seams with devotees but environmental concerns ignored
Climate Crisis: Adaptation limit reached in some parts of the world, shows IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report
The report calls for accelerated actions to bridge funding gap, challenges ‘myth of endless adaptation’
Justice delayed, denied
Five months after 14 women died in sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh, there is no sign of justice being delivered to those who lost their kin. …
What IPCC says about India
It projects a fall in crop yields and rise in the impact of extreme weather events in India