As the public financing of coal fuels the climate crisis, it is crucial that all financing institutions make available to all the basic right to know if their money is being funneled into sectors responsible for environmental and human rights violations.
When faced with the need for urgent and rapid changes to the way we live, are we erring by looking at quick fix solutions like geoengineering? This article sheds light on the geoengineering projects in India and the risks of these false solutions to the climate crisis.
This blog takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the water footprint of common food items in an Indian diet and ways to reduce it thereby promoting our own health while ensuring water security.
This article offers evidence of improved air quality in Chennai during the lockdown period and highlights different solutions that came to light during the lockdown to mitigate air pollution in the long term.
On June 18, the Prime Minister launched the auction of 41 coal blocks for commercial mining with no end-use or pricing restriction, giving a free hand to private players from India and abroad to come and plunder natural resources for the economic benefit of a few corporates.
There is euphoria of breathing clean air amid the stress and despair of the COVID-19 pandemic. How true is it for Chennai? Does the lockdown hold any clues to mitigate air pollution?
Chennai woke up to smoke filled skies that spurred this blog on harmful health effects of air pollution on Bhogi mornings, and a request to celebrate smoke-free Bhogi next year.
This blog reveals the large public investors and creditors exposure to coal mining, coal based power production and transmission industries in India, their standing compared to global peers and investments in renewable energy sector.
Final part of a three-part introductory series on the science of geoengineering that is being portrayed as a technological fix to counteract the pernicious effects of climate crisis.
Part two of a three-part introductory series on the science of geoengineering that is being portrayed as a technological fix to counteract the pernicious effects of climate crisis.