An estimated 25–30 trillion litres of water fell over the state, enough to cause floods even if Kerala’s ecosystem was in pristine...

The food standard regulator has so far not assessed the safety of even one GM food and neither does it have a set procedure to assess...

DMF funds are being diverted for urban projects that have nothing to do with the priorities of mining-affected areas and communities....

India is the fourth worst-affected country despite it contributing only 5% in causing climate change, while it is over 20% for the US...

The Survekshan ranks cities that do their waste management in a highly decentralised fashion poorly, despite their sustainable...

As Delhi and parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plains were getting engulfed in a thick cloud of dust last week, a question kept coming to my...

The government has recently released the draft National Forest Policy, 2018 (NFP 2018) for public comments. NFP 2018 intends to replace ...

Is samosa really healthier than a vegetable burger?’ This is the headline of an article written by noted journalist and food critic Vir ...

What would be the energy scenario in India in, say, 25 years from now? This is an important political enquiry as the path we choose would...

As I write this column, I am mindful that I may receive a legal notice from the Centre for Environment and Agrochemicals or the Crop ...

In the heydays of ‘India Shining’ in 2003, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had experimented with an alternate model to...

A few months ago, a ten-month old daughter of my colleague contracted urinary tract infection, which is fairly common and is generally...

An amendment was made recently in the Indian Forest Act of 1927, to remove bamboo from the category of trees. With this minor...

The Union government is giving final shape to the laws to regulate the labelling and advertisement of food products. In November 2017,...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) completed 25 years of its adoption in 2017

It achieved most of its goals with the legally-binding HFC phase-down agreement

The Paris agreement is robbing the carbon space of the poor so that the rich can continue with their lifestyle.