To what extent are basic household amenities available to India s people?

Sugarcane farming guzzles water as unsold sugar stock in the country piles up

This report contains the proceedings of the fourth national workshop on environment statistics held on 22-23 April 2003 at Shillong. The workshop focused on harmonization of the framework for environmental accounting in India based on the system of integrated environment and economic accounting and identification of data requirement for environmental management.

Cancer incidence is rising. Hope for treatment in pegged on molecular biology

Tonight I am proposing $1.2 billion in research funding so that America can lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen powered automobiles, declared us President George Bush in his State of the Union Address to the congress in January 2003. The announ

Afterwards, an eerie silence envelops the field. There is only the crop

The provisional figures for India’s forest cover are now ready, and Down To Earth has managed to acquire a copy. The figures, when compared to earlier ones, show an overall increase of 236, 800 hectares of forest. But is that really so?

Our houses gobble up energy and spew out carbon dioxide. Shocking, but true. Buildings, primarily residential and commercial facilities, are responsible for approximately 35 per cent of US greenhouse gas emissions. Ventilation and insulation are not given

How has the river that flows through one of the most industrialised regions in India fared since it was first written about in 1993? Down to Earth revisits the coal dust and slurry-ridden Damodar basin to see if anything has changed - for better or worse

An index that also uses socio economic parameters

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