<p align="center"><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/mukul_blog.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 117px; float: left;" /></p> <p><strong>Moving from emission
A pioneer in the field of environmental history, <font class='UCASE'>Donald Worster </font> of the University of Kansas in the US highlights the importance of the subject in understanding present day ecological crises in a conversation with <font class=
The recent Atlantis Mir docking in space, only the 2nd of its kind, is the first tentative step towards Mars
A microhydel project a day. Communities snatch the initiative from the government to electrify rural Nepal
In the barren wildness of the savannahs in Colombia, a visionary establishes an extraordinary community
The government of Nepal has again plunged into a major hydropower project after the Arun fiasco
In the absence of a government policy on the use liquefied petroleum gas for automobiles, the illegal market is flourishing where safety norms are non-existent
Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council LAHDC speaks to Down To Earth.
Sweden's UNO WINBLAD was not a sanitation engineer but had trained as an architect in London in the late '50s. Those were the days of mounting concern with the "dark continent of Africa, and UNO later took up assignments in Ethiopia and Nigeria. While
Following economic liberalisation, India's largest power equipment manufacturer BHEL is diversifying and exploring renewable energy technologies in order to meet the stiff competition it faces from multinationals.
Economist Klaus W Lippold is the chairperson of the Commission for Protection of the Earth's Atmosphere. As a member of the German Parliament since 1983, he is on the committees on Economic and Environmental Affairs, besides being a member of the board of
G V RAMAKRISHNA is a member of the Planning Commission, currently dealing with the energy sector. The former Indian Administrative Service officer was India's ambassador to Belgium from 1988 1990. He was appointed chairperson of t
For over 2 months now, the hills of Simlipal in Orissa have been inundated by fierce monsoon showers. Thick foliage dripping water on the undergrowth had turned the soil to slush, to be kneaded by animal hooves. Tracks of animals in search of food mingled
Yashwant Sinha s budget threatens to destroy the quality of urban air and endanger the lives of millions in Indian cities
As people become more concerned about the environment, a TV channel moves its focus from family dramas and crime thrillers to nature.
NATURE which inspires keen sentiments in many a poet and environmental activist, is now the subject of an annual report of the World Bank (WB) group. Reading the tedious report, one gets the
The threats from aerosols are all pervading
This month, Doordarshan's elite third channel is airing India's first comprehensive weekly programme on the environment, a repeat of which will be aired on the first channel after a fortnight.
The billion dollar Star Wars programme lies abandoned, but the technology will now be used to combat asteroids
A new class of materials could make for quicker telecommunication
