Millions of Indian villagers today act as guardians of forests, forming a mutually beneficial relationship, quite often without outside help. But it would be puerile to imagine that these communities would be able to tackle the crises arising in the realm

Pollution from small-scale industries has grown by leaps and bounds. So, building common effluent treatment plants (cetps) has become a fashion. The Union

#1 Who is the polluter? What is their waste-typology? This is the first critical and often make-or-break step. Get the property rights regime wrong and it is clear that nothing will work, is the

If cetps are the answer, how do we make them work? The choice of technology, however important, is not the only challenge ahead. The key is to build a much stronger framework for common waste

A clutch of automakers to blame for almost all of the tailpipe emissions in the US

The sheer scope of the biodiversity action plan may militate against its successful implementation

SC takes governments to task over tardiness in executing food based employment schemes following starvation deaths in Rajasthan

Kashmiri youth reach out to people in the midst of war and loss with their environmental awareness campaign

Even as UNEP calls for an international treaty on mercury pollution, India and other developing countries are oblivious to the dangers of being at the import-end of the chain

NAFTA tribunal s ban on potential carcinogen leaves larger environmental issues unaddressed

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