Exactly three years back, single-use plastics (SUPs) took centre stage in India when PM Modi, on June 5, 2018, announced that the country...

A storm is brewing on the climate diplomacy front that India needs to navigate carefully to avoid becoming a fall guy. The issue at hand...

‘We need to act for the Amazon and act for our planet,’ said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when fires ravaged the Amazon...

This is a straightforward article to discuss the real issues concerning stubble burning, including its contribution to pollution in...

On its 46th foundation day, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released two reports that should force us to re-examine our...

The global economy is in recession, and it is predicted to be more destructive than the Great Depression of 1929 and the Global Financial...

The Draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification 2020 has become a hot potato for the ministry of environment, forest & climate...

An oft-repeated saying in India is that our environmental laws are good, but their implementation is poor. I have always disagreed with...

Five major modelling studies reveal that suppression strategy might require multiple lockdowns until a vaccine is available. Governments...

A crisis does not emerge out of thin air; it has underlying causes. And most of the underlying causes, if not all, are in front of our...

Silent infections could erode containment efforts’ efficacy; developing anti-virals and vaccine must be part of the near-term vision....

The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), has systematically divided and named all of Earth’s 4.5 billion year history. The...

Budget 2020-21: The finances for this can be mustered by shifting resources from kerosene subsidies, and NCEF. Read more here

Many parts of India share the same ecosystem and conditions that have set Australia ablaze. We need to learn lessons to avoid similar...

This was opposed by the NGOs, who wanted the site to become a memorial for industrial disaster. Read more here

Contrary to the claims made by the Delhi government, air pollution in the city has deteriorated significantly since 2012 Read more here

Renewable energy is clean energy, but it doesn’t always lead to green solutions. For clean energy to become green, solutions must be...

The government's urea pricing policy effectively disincentivises any investment by the industry in environmental protection. Read more here

India produces about 60 million tonnes of waste annually, of which only about 25 per cent is processed, and the rest is dumped or...

Demand-side regulations like mandating a certain percentage of building materials from fly ash in the building by-laws of cities could...