UN Climate negotiations in South Africa are on the brink. Some of the world’s major polluters are trying to strangle progress and appear dead set on blocking global efforts to tackle climate change.

Climate change is already devastating much of Africa through drought, deforestation, desertification, and the famine and war they cause. Scientists say the continent will be hit much harder, much earlier than t Read more...

India's biggest-ever oil spill - the result of a collision between two Panamanian fuel tankers, just five nautical miles off the Mumbai Port, has released 879 metric tonnes of oil, wreaking havoc on marine and coastal wildlife off the coast of Mumbai. 

Within two days of the collision, the Maharashtra government had sprayed chemical dispersants to contain the spill, and were hop Read more...

21 July 2010

Government ministers of 24 countries, and several corporate big guns gathered in Washington for the world's first ever Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). This meet brings together countries responsible for 80 percent of the world's emissions, to accelerate the global transition to a low-carbon future.

One of the key issues remains finding the funds to finance these oper Read more...

Bill tabled again
The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill was re-tabled in Parliament following the furore last month. The Bill was re-introduced without any changes or amendments, causing another walkout in Parliament. 

The Union government has avoided tabling the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill in Parliament owing to nearly all Opposition Parties indicat Read more...

North India and parts of western, central and eastern India area already reeling under an intense heat wave. Even by the Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) weather projections, severe heat wave conditions are going to prevail over Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Orissa, Delhi, Vidarbha, and Telangana.

In what has been recorded as the hottest summer in 52 years, 80 people have Read more...

On 26 Feb 2010, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee announced the Union Budget. It signaled the government's intention to transform India's energy mix and meet the twin challenges of energy security and climate change. The budget did contain some important announcements and initiatives - perhaps the most significant of which was the National Clean Energy Fund, most of the money for which will come from a new clean e Read more...

While the Himalayas steadily melt away and apple farming shifts to higher altitudes, the Indian government remains silent on the state of Himalayan glaciers and snow cover. 

An October 2009 report on Himalayan glaciers, details how Indian Himalayan glaciers are not melting at the rate projected in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. 

The report challenges internationally-a Read more...

India's Changing Energy Mix

The Indian economy continues to grow at the rate of 7 to 8 percent. However, the very economic development that we strive to achieve depends heavily on robust and reliable energy services. Ideally, energy production must not come at a high social or environmental cost – a challenge we must face up to through sustainable growth.

Truth be told, India’s per capita Read more...