India and China Need to Take Steps on Climate Change

The US has said that it is willing to take steps to reduce its emissions but also wants countries like India and China to take responsibility to address the challenge of cl...

India rising to Sustainable Energy challenge

Three very different sustainable energy projects from India are among the finalists in this year’s Ashden Awards, writes Chhavi Sharma – all of them inspiring a...

India needs to invest $834 billion for lower carbon emissions by 2030

India will have to invest $834 billion in the two decades ending 2030 to reduce its emission intensity to gross domestic product by 42 per cent over 2007 levels, according ...

Injustice in Mahan Forest

In a tragic turn of events on the night of the seventh of May, four Greenpeace activists Akshay Gupta, Vinit Gupta, Bechan Lal and Vijay Shankar Singh were arrested for pea...

India should turn to renewable sources of energy

Should Western countries be forced to pay more attention to reducing carbon footprint than countries like India, as the developed world has contributed more towards damagin...

Hydro-power plants blamed for deadly floods in India

Badly managed hydro-power projects in northern India were partly to blame for devastating floods last year that killed thousands of people and caused extensive damage, an e...

Indian activist Ramesh Agrawal wins 'Green Nobel'

GARE VILLAGE (Andhra Pradesh): The man walked into Ramesh Agrawal’s tiny internet cafe, pulled out a pistol and hissed, “You talk too much.” Then he fired...

Is This Our Democracy?

While watching the show Satyamev Jayate hosted by Aamir Khan, running on Sunday mornings on Star Plus, last week, I began to feel faint.

Our acceptance of a flawed ...

India's Shift to a Sustainable Energy Future

India is the world’s fourth-largest energy consumer and will likely overtake China in the next decade as the primary source of growth in global energy demand. As NBR ...