Rooftop solar : How will India's new net metering norms play out
The commissions have introduced time-of-the-day tariffs whereby prosumers are incentivised to install energy storage
Switching to renewables will save cost for operators while saving the environment : Study
Around 162 GW or 62% of total renewable power capacity added last year had lower costs than the cheapest new fossil fuel option.
One in three large American rivers has changed colour in the last 34 years: Study
Most rivers in the United States appear green or yellow possibly due to human activities
COVID-19 to slow decarbonisation in emerging markets: BloombergNEF report
2019 was a good year for foreign direct investment in renewables; but the trend may not stick in 2020
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 17, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Severe pollution caused in Meghalaya due to illegal mining, says CAG report
The performance audit is a severe indictment of the state mining department's operations
A Call for Developing Country Leadership
The events of the last few years–9/11, the US invasion of Iraq, and, on the climate front, the emerging recognition that the Earth's …
Background
Since the Industrial Revolution, as the world became excessively dependant on fossil fuels for energy, emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) have …
The theory sinks
Two new studies quash industrialised countries hopes of meeting most of their Kyoto commitments by using carbon sinks
Fixing cheap carbon
Genetically improved plants in Vietnam to help Australia meet its Kyoto target as cheaply as possible
Impacts: The hare and the tortoise
While findings on the impacts of climate change get bleaker and bleaker, the negotiations still hobble along at a snail's pace.
Good Governance: Who's carbon hypocrisy
Should financial institutions be asked to stop funding fossil fuel projects in developing countries?
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 29, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 14, 2019)
New climate targets to limit emissions from 28 companies
Hewlett Packard, Levi Strauss, Unilever, Vodafone & Mahindra Group are among the 28 companies who vowed to limit temperatures to below 1.5°…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 22, 2019)
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 13-17)
Numaligarh Wall: Assam govt directs company to ‘demolish entire wall’
Divisional forest officer of Assam writes to Numaligarh general manager, cites the NGT’s 2016 verdict about wall being a barrier to an …
Volkswagen scandal: India must fix responsibility on manufacturers
For emission fraud, only penal action will not be enough; need regulations to fix accountability
Moving towards a planet-friendly diet
New study recommends more fruits and veggies, less red meat for a healthy, planet-friendly diet
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (December 6-14)
We are heading for the warmest climate in half a billion years, says new study
What really matters is the combined effect of sun’s changing strength and the varying greenhouse effect
Brazilian climate scientist wins Volvo Environment Prize for work on Amazon
Nobre has raised concern over possible "savannisation" of the largest tropical forest in the world
‘Human influence behind warmer and bigger Indo-Pacific warm pool'
A new study shows that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions have led to the warming of the Indo-Pacific warm pool which can cause changes in …
COP 21 and India's plan on climate change: What does it mean for our food systems and cultures?
For any food security strategy for the future to be climate-resilient, it must move away from the industrial, agribusiness model