China confronts the cost of dismantling the world’s biggest coal sectorChina is navigating a complex energy transition. While embracing solar and green technology, the nation grapples with phasing out coal. Mil...
15 Dec, 2025, 10.23 AM IST
Do you know the dirtiest city in the US? From New York to Los Angeles, check where do US cities stand on dirtiness scaleBaltimore, Sacramento, and Charlotte have been found as the dirtiest cities in the US, while places like Milwaukee, Riverside, and Philadel...
25 Apr, 2025, 12.43 AM IST
Two-minute battery changes propel India’s shift to e-scootersThe situation is similar in India, especially when it comes to the burgeoning market for electric two- and three-wheelers. The nation of ab...
21 Mar, 2022, 10.49 PM IST
India wants $1 trillion before it raises targets to cut emissionsThe demand comes after India’s surprise announcement at the opening of COP26 negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, that it would set an ambiti...
11 Nov, 2021, 08.06 AM IST
How air pollution is making people unhappyThe study found that higher levels of pollution are associated with a decrease in people’s happiness levels. Inadequate public services, so...
23 Jan, 2019, 11.33 AM IST
India’s dirty secret is an oil market headacheThe cheap path of pumping oil industry’s impurities into the skies over India is disappearing.
19 Jul, 2018, 10.55 AM IST
Congress candidate against Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani arrested after attack on brotherCongress' Gujarat legislator Indraneel Rajyaguru's brother Deepu Rajyaguru was attacked late Saturday late evening at the Brahm Samaj Chowk.
03 Dec, 2017, 12.21 AM IST
Smog-choked India is giving the filthiest fuel a tax advantageGST is encouraging the use of this fuel, which spews more emissions than others. It’s now taxed at a rate that may be lower for some buyers...
23 Nov, 2017, 05.03 PM IST
G20 leaders to discuss finance and economic policy on the ghats of VaranasiHoly city will play host to officials from G20 nations, IMF, World Bank and ADB who will brainstorm on the state of global economy next wee...
24 Mar, 2017, 06.21 AM IST
What Barack Obama should learn from Angela Merkel's energy revolutionObama still has nuclear plants to back up renewables, yet the US grid is less reliable and older than the German one. An upgrade is urgentl...
06 Aug, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
German embassy cuts staff tenure in Delhi on pollution concernsThe decision, diplomatic sources told ET, was taken last year at the time New Delhi gained the dubious distinction of being the most pollut...
18 Jun, 2015, 04.58 AM IST
Foul air kills up to 80 people in Delhi everyday: StudyAir pollution from respirable particulate matter (PM2.5) could be responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 premature deaths in Delhi — up to 80 dea...
17 Jun, 2015, 08.50 AM IST
- Foul air killing up to 80 Delhiites a day, claims study
Scientists who conducted the study, published in the Environmental Science and Technology journal, said most of these deaths were due to he...
17 Jun, 2015, 07.25 AM IST
How an American with a knack for math saved India from famineLester Brown has spent his career making shrewd projections about the food, water, and energy people need to survive, and pushing govts to ...
21 May, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
India is dirty because Indians are cleanThere's been an explanation passed down generations to explain why we're so filthy: India is so dirty because Indians are so clean.
13 Feb, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
Lessons from PBC: How household green plants can help clean Delhi's air, known to be world's dirtiestInstall air purifiers; keep plants in the bedroom and living room, says Barun Aggarwal, director, Breathe Easy.
01 Feb, 2015, 04.57 AM IST
Swachh Bharat: Need to go beyond tokenismSymbolism is needed, sure, but honestly, we need to go a lot beyond that. We must be among the dirtiest nations on this planet.
06 Oct, 2014, 11.12 AM IST