The single largest emitter of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in India is the power sector. Sixty-five percent of our electricity is produced by thermal power plants that emit GHGs.
By the late 1990s, the idea of global warming had become real. For the developed world, however, emission reduction at the cost of industry-driven growth was a tough pill.
CAREER BANKER AND environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev, 51, was appointed to lead The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) in 2008 by the EU Commission.
Flouting court orders, the Yeddyurappa government is serving packaged food to kids, finds Imran Khan
Stomachs get filled but in the long run, malnutrition takes its toll on the kids
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh put his ‘faith’ to the test by giving forest clearance for the 12 million tonne steel plant of the South Korean major POSCO in Odisha last week.
WHEN UNION Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar announced a bumper harvest last month, “the highest since 1947”, commodities markets perked up, sniffing food export opportunities.
AS VILLAGE pramukh Madhuben Shiayal finished addressing the meeting, a dozen koli men and a handful of women who had taken off time from weeding the bajri fields got up to go.
