Growing dissent against ‘successful’ economic growth model
A new de-globalising world order means that to find equitable and affordable growth, we need to challenge the polluted model that has pushed us …
While nations play politics, cities and states are taking up the climate challenge
Efforts to reduce global warming are advanced by the pedestrian, daily choices of households, businesses and sub-national governments
What's in store for US climate agenda after Obama?
The success of Paris Climate deal depends largely on the political willingness of one of the largest emitters in the world
US, epicentre of unequal wealth
As the US completes 50 years of its "war on poverty", the country does not have much to celebrate, thinks JOEL BERG, an expert on …
The India effect
The US is targeting India's patent law because it is inspiring other countries to follow suit
Food allergies on the rise
Increase in number of cases reported across the world; prevalence rate in India could be 3 per cent
The pros and cons of four wheels
Book>> The Life Of The Automobile: A New History Of The Motor Car •by Steven Parissien • Rs 550
Blood on the Internet
Governments are censoring digital content on the ground that it infringes intellectual property rights or offends people. Can they be stopped?
US energy secretary supports Paris Agreement, wants to renegotiate terms
Rick Perry has not elaborated on what “renegotiate” meant in terms of the Paris Agreement
California drought: valleys sinking faster than ‘ever before’
Increased subsidence in fifth consecutive year of drought can damage surface and underground infrastructure
Fish take oil spills to heart
2010 oil spill in Gulf of Mexico may have caused heart defects in tuna species, reducing their numbers
Maybe it’s ALIVE
Keeping plucked vegetables and fruits in daylight helps them stay alert, produce nutrients
India to confront Monsanto in US
Biodiversity Authority will oppose Monsanto’s patent application involving Indian melon
Hard time for honeybees
Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …
The Ice Story
Amit Shanker talks about a random photograph that helped him reveal how Americans kept British cool.
George Bush: "I oppose the Kyoto Protocol"
The leader of the most polluting country in the world claims global warming treaty is "unfair" because it excludes India and China
Why welcome trouble?
What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …
Warm and convenient
Researchers are developing low-cost warmers for infants even as doctors remain divided over the efficacy of the product
Annoying the US, our way
Despite close cooperation with American enforcement officials, US unhappy with India’s report card
Rivers must flow
Book>> Economics of river flows: lessons from dam removals in America • by Bharat Jhunjhunwala • Rs 750
COP15 Montreal: ‘30x30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’
Fiore Longo, director of the French chapter of Survival International, details the disadvantages of 30x30 of the Global Diversity Framework
Intolerance in Paris: an opinion by Sunita Narain
As I write this, it is two days to the endgame at the Paris climate conference. Despite problems, everybody is clear that there will be an …
Big blue trips up Twitter
IBM’s claim of patent violation by Twitter reflects the madness in software litigation in the US
The Microsoft way
Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage
Looming threat of a secretive trade pact
Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will extend restrictive intellectual property laws globally