Vaping for a day and tossing it away is all the rage. Electronic cigarette sales have boomed in recent years,…
More than one-third of all people in the world live in cities, towns and villages on coasts. They rely on…
(Source: PTI) Climate change is knocking on our doors and people in poorer nations are going to pay a "heavier…
As fragmentation of forests, commercial plantations and uncertain weather conditions threaten the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve on the Western Ghats highlands…
Off the tourist trail and away from the resorts that crowd Munnar’s lush hills in the Western Ghats is a…
In July 1970, devastating floods swept through the Alaknanda Valley, in northern India. Sudden, intense rainfall had caused a violent…
The north Indian union territory of Chandigarh, in its electric vehicle policy released on September 20 this year, aims to…
(Source: IANS) Purnima Devi Barman, a conservation biologist known for initiating an all-female grassroots conservation movement from Assam for saving…
Right after the monsoon spell, the coastlines of India’s western states, from Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Goa to Karnataka, are lined…
The world’s population hit 8 billion people on November 15, according to the UN. Already this has prompted worry about…
Eternally current and always fashionable, blue jeans are among the most-worn articles of clothing on Earth, transcending time, trends, and…
India is on the way to decommissioning thermal power plants (TPP) and disposing of coal mines at a large scale…
(Source: AP) New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing…
In 2015, Asghar Leghari, a tax lawyer and farmer, successfully sued the government of Pakistan. The Lahore High Court ruled…
One environmental activist has been killed every two days on average over the past decade across the globe, a new…
India needs to train at least 10 lakh people in the next five years for air quality management, according to…
Deep inside the riverine belt of Koelwar in Bhojpur district of Bihar, around four to five kilometres from the main…
The food we consume has a massive impact on our planet. Agriculture takes up half the habitable land on Earth,…
The global forest area per capita has decreased by over 60 per cent over the past 60 years, a loss…
India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution that recognises the right to a clean, healthy and…
Green spaces are not the answer to overheated cities by themselves. Careful urban planning needs to consider their strategic placement.…
Roshan Lal, 66, is livid. He is yet to come to terms with the damage caused to a forest near…
The ban on certain single-use plastic (SUP) items kicks in from today, with state governments initiating an enforcement campaign to…
Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5…
Plant-based plastics are only just starting to be more widely accepted. But challenges remain. If new plastics are an industry…
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