Lighter load

A global switch to efficient lighting will reduce electricity bills by one-tenth

Generating heat

US industry not doing enough about its emissions to mitigate global warming

Human demands on ecosystems have exceeded their productive capacity

It's the economy Americans are worried about

Bond aid for the poor

Rich nations give from one hand and take away with the other. A report card

Cloud forests

There's hardly a silver lining

The girl in Sierra Leone

Health gap widens between the poorest and the rest

Give up!

Health and environmental costs of tobacco use far surpass the revenue generated by the sector

Marine fisheries growing as energy-intensive centres

Marine fisheries have become very energy intensive

Out of turn

Road kill

Forced migration

A disaster the world prefers to forget

Is water use sustainable?

No. In the last 100 years, global population tripled, but freshwater use increased sixfold

Fat men and little boys

Atomic arsenals and the state of nuclear power play today

Ash to concrete

Gains from use of flyash in cement manufacture

Climate change

Least polluting countries hit the hardest

Death at your doorstep

Nutrition challenge

Simple, bare necessities

To what extent are basic household amenities available to India's people?

Chasing a paper (d)ream

Since the 1990s, the use of recycled paper has unfortunately reduced by half

The net is cast on agriculture

Aquaculture on the rise

No sewage system in place

Indian rivers will remain filthy because cities plan for water, not sewage

Ailments caused due to environmental factors

Diseases caused by environmental factors

Space crunch

Global aid on sanitation is southward bound