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
Children of a lesser god
Children don't have a voice. They can't lobby or fight governments. The initiative lies with India's medical establishment and the civil society
Soft Target
Children are bearing the brunt of environmental degradation. Across the class divide, they are eating, drinking and breathing poison. And their …
Small car revolution Who cares about congestion, pollution
The ultra-cheap small cars in the pipeline will tilt the skewed balance against public transport and two-wheelers irretrievably. The result will …
Post-COVID clean cooking schemes: Beyond financial barriers in rural households
Beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana availed 1.62 refills in the first 5 months of COVID-19 pandemic against 3 free refills …
Post-COVID clean cooking schemes: By and for women
Clean cooking schemes designed with women at their centre will help India maintain its progress towards abatement of indoor air quality and help …
Mercury treaty still sketchy
While experts welcome the Minamata Convention for phasing out mercury, they believe it might not be enough
Sponge iron industries are killing fields
The sponge iron industry is growing fast and polluting alarmingly. K Radhika in Chhattisgarh and Maureen Nandini Mitra in Jharkhand and Orissa …
Goa's iron ore miners undergo pollution board check
Consent to operate will be withdrawn if mines found extracting excess ore, say officials
Noise pollution violations: New fines proposed by CPCB step in right direction
New set of fines range between Rs 1,000 and Rs 1 lakh; cover confiscation of noise producing equipment
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 23, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Coal toll
More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…
COVID-19: How to avoid super-spreading events on the metro
COVID-19 hit public transit systems in New York, US and London, UK badly, causing several deaths
A smart idea
Economic growth has unleashed an enormous appetite for home appliances among the Indian middle class. At their current level of energy efficiency,…
Extreme weather events of 2013 a result of human influences: WMO
Typhoon Haiyan, heatwave in Australia, frigid polar air in parts of Europe and the US are a few events mentioned in the World Meteorological …
Tensions that continue
While launching this newsmagazine, our founder-editor Anil Agarwal had said that in the years ahead, India will have to seize every possible …
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 29-July 3, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
Solar power: From a decade of acceptability and growth to one of innovations
Global investment in new renewable energy capacity in the past decade was over $2.5 trillion, with more solar power capacity installed than other …
A sneak-peek into a renewable energy-powered future
Electrification of end-use sectors through variable renewable energy is an emerging solution. Increasing the deployment of distributed energy …
Making sense of energy conservation in Jammu and Kashmir
Homes in the Union territory are not designed to conserve energy and ensure proper heating, resulting in little conservation of energy, say …
Future of electricity in India lies in local solutions
Utilities in India have a mandate to supply power, which becomes increasingly difficult through the centralised grid and is technically and …
Economic recovery and clean energy transition go together: Ministers at IEA summit
The summit encouraged participating countries to build their recovery plans and investment strategies in-line with clean energy transition goals
India and its 2022 renewable energy targets in 6 charts
The country’s growth in the clean energy sector in the last 10 years has been remarkable. There are, however, many stumbling blocks, …
One Sun One World One Grid project put on hold
Reasons for putting the project on hold remain unknown; calls to Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy go unanswered
G20 countries bank on fossil fuels for COVID-19 recovery plans: Study
Over 55% or $150.81 billion of public money committed by G20 countries is allocated for supporting fossil fuel energy