The red triangle

The government, the judiciary and the people have to take action together to stop environmental damage. Laws have to be enacted and cases taken …

Ban diesel

There is no such thing as safe diesel technology as of now. The only option, therefore, is to ban the manufacture of private diesel vehicles and …

Big tobacco comes under the hammer

A Miami jury slams unprecedented punitive damages on tobacco companies, who will appeal the verdict

Air pollution

Our cities and small towns are reeling under severe air pollution made worse by the government's muddled approach to air quality planning. Only a …

Up in smoke

US state governments misuse funds meant for curbing smoking; A US anti-tobacco negotiator quits

Rainwater rights

The government- NGO friction at Lava ka Baas has opened a Pandora's box water ownership, archaic laws and hopeful communities that want to hold …

Green laws

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY IN INDIA: CASES, MATERIALS AND STATUTES By Shyam Divan and Armin Rosencranz •Second edition • Published …

The Sherlock principle

When there is only one option left, it is the right answer: this was the Supreme Court's logic in the CNG order

Claiming water

The fundamental right to water intends to alleviate suffering. It fails miserably to meet its intention. Feel the lives of those who suffer and …

Sharks bear brunt of seasonal fishing frenzy

Even as the Andaman and Nicobar coast is witnessing the June-end whirl of shark fishing activity, the local administration and conservationists …

Orissa's stick is Chhattisgarh's carrot

orissa might well be at the receiving end of one of Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi's pre-poll sops meant to benefit his own states's …

What happened in Wayanad

It is not the first time that tribals of the Wayanad district in Kerala have rebelled against the state. In fact, the recent incident at the …

"Water is a national resource"

GOURISANKAR GHOSH, executive director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, Geneva, Switzerland tells NIDHI JAMWAL that there …

"Even conventional sources of energy initially required government support"

Rakesh Bakshi, managing director, Vestas RRB India Limited, an Indo-Danish joint venture manufacturing wind electric  generators, talks to …

Towards wetland conservation

The Union environment ministry has been working for the past four years to create a regulatory framework to protect the country’s wetlands. …

EU legislation - The wrong note

The music industry is crying out loud against eu legislation for protecting intellectual property, complaining that it falls short of what is …

A bill for biodiversity

CoP-11 has an urgent agenda: to look for money to fund new targets

UNIFICATION BLUES

GREEN SIGNALS

SC CRITICISES GOVT

Row in Madhya Pradesh

Alien invasion

Dumping ground

Shahtoosh trade banned

Out with diesel

California imposes the most stringent restrictions yet on the dirty fuel