India has banned single-use plastics (SUPs) from July 1, 2022. SUPs are used only once before they’re thrown...
Jul 01, 2022
CO2 Isn’t the Only Gas Bad for Earth. What Are We Doing About the Rest?
Kochi: While carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions often dominate climate talks, we also need to cut emissions of several...
Jun 27, 2022
Despite Talk of New Funds for Climate Change, Rich Nations Are Only Diverting Development Aid
Kochi: Despite their promises, developed countries have not committed new and additional funds to developing countries to help them...
Jun 23, 2022
India Ranks Third in Renewable Energy Installations in 2021 – But Needs to Do More
Kochi: India ranked third in renewable energy installations in 2021, after China and Russia, according to a global status...
Jun 17, 2022
Air Pollution Cuts Indians’ Life Expectancy By 5 Years: Air Quality Life Index
Kochi: Air pollution can cost Indians five years of their lives. In north India, it cuts life expectancy even...
Jun 14, 2022
India Calls Environment Index ‘Unscientific’; ‘Rankings Based on Performance,’ Says Lead Author
Kochi: India ranked lowest – 180 – in the recently released Environment Performance Index (EPI), 2022, which lists countries...
Jun 09, 2022
Aravalli: As NGT Pulls Up Govts for Illegal Mining, What Is Preventing Conservation?
Kochi: The Aravallis – one of the world’s oldest hill ranges – lie just 40 kilometres southwest of Delhi....
Jun 08, 2022
Heat, Erosion, Climate Action Failure: Figures Tell Worrying Tales of State of India’s Environment
Kochi: Numbers tell several worrying tales in ‘State of India’s Environment: In Figures’, a report published by the Centre...
Jun 03, 2022
‘Reject Clearance for Etalin Dam in Arunachal Pradesh,’ Conservationists Urge Govt Again
Kochi: Conservationists have urged the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Union environment ministry to “unanimously reject” clearance for...
May 30, 2022
PM Modi Unveils Infra Projects of Rs 31,000 Crore For TN. What Will it Cost the Environment?
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 11 Union government-funded development projects for Tamil Nadu on May 26. These include the 262-kilometre-long...
May 28, 2022
Proactive or Sinister? Experts Divided on Govt’s Relaxation of Gene Editing Regulations
Kochi: Over two decades after they were first introduced, farmers now cultivate nearly 20 different genetically modified (GM) crops on around...
May 26, 2022