Ahead of the release of the World Bank's revised energy strategy, the Ecologist speaks to sustainable development advocate Srinivas Krishnaswamy about why despite huge gigawatt power projects, 45 per cent of India's households still lack electricity
… Why India doesn't need World Bank energy funding … Climate Change & Energy World Bank Coal India Sustainable Development Biogas Solar … huge gigawatt power projects, 45 per cent of India's households still lack electricity Does …
Following allegations of defying India's Biological Diversity Act (BDA), Monsanto faces a lawsuit from the Indian government, reports Rosie Spinks
… How India squared up to Monsanto’s 'biopiracy' … Food And Farming Monsanto GMOs Biopiracy India bt_brinjal_monsanto.jpg Following allegations of defying India's Biological Diversity Act (BDA), Monsanto faces a lawsuit from the Indian government, reports Rosie Spinks What …
Jaitapur's French-built nuclear plant is a disaster in waiting, jeopardising biodiversity and local livelihoods, says activist Praful Bidwai
… The truth behind India's nuclear renaissance Praful Bidwai | 9th February 2011 Comment Nuclear India Energy Biodiversity nuclearpowerstation.jpg Indian government is planning to build a …
Vandana Shiva explains to the Ecologist how the global anti-GM food movement resonates with the Occupy Wall Street protests
… October 2011 Activism Gm Food Campaigning India Politics And Economics image.php.jpg … Rosie Spinks: What is the significance of the Indian government’s recent decision to file … do without them. Rosie Spinks: What is the Indian consumer’s view of Monsanto? Vandana …
A budding interest in organic food offers farmers soaring incomes and higher yields, but critics say it's not the answer to India's fast-rising food demands
… Organic farming – India's future perfect? Nishika Patel The … but critics say it's not the answer to India's fast-rising food demands India's struggling farmers are starting to …
An Ecologist investigation reveals how the largest coal power plant to be awarded UN carbon credit funds is displacing poor communities and destroying forest in India. Luke Starr reports from Madhya Pradesh
… grabbing Luke Starr | 29th November 2011 News India Un Carbon Credits Climate Change … Coal Energy coal1.jpg Campaigners in India are questioning whether coal power … poor communities and destroying forest in India. Luke Starr reports from Madhya Pradesh …
From India to Indonesia pepper farmers are increasingly vulnerable to harvest failures, food price crashes and price fixing, an investigation by Frederik Johannisson & Peter Bengtsen of Danwatch has revealed
… Food And Farming Supply Chains Globalisation India pepper.jpg A crash in pepper prices has … linked to a wave of suicides among farmers in India, often leaving families vulnerable (photo from Danwatch) From India to Indonesia pepper farmers are …
As London fashion week kicks off, the problem of unfair labour practices tarnishing UK high street brands isn't going away. Rosie Spinks reports
… struggle with 'bonded' girl labour in India Rosie Spinks | 15th September 2011 News … highlights the plight of female labourers in India who produce, according to the … any proposals for concrete action, SOMO and India Committee of the Netherlands welcomed …
Exclusive film looks at allegations that a coal power project in central India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… 2011 News Ecologist Film Unit Coal Energy India Climate Change Carbon Trading india.jpg Local communities have been … that a coal power project in central India, approved under the UN's Clean …
A breakdown of how major countries compare on their success in attracting investment in wind, solar and other forms of renewable energy in the past year
… of the biggest growth in investment was in India and Latin America. Below is a breakdown … procurement and clean energy tax incentives. IndiaIndia is now ranked in 10th place among the …
Human rights violations have been reported at plantations in virtually all major tea producing countries, while tea growing itself has a profound effect on the local environment. William McLennan reports
… more than 45 countries worldwide, and while India and China are the biggest producers, Sri … the poverty line despite being employed. In India, where workers are expected to pick more … make way for tea plantations. In North East India, areas which used to be a combination of …
It produces less radioactive waste and more power than uranium but the UK would be making a mistake in looking to it as a 'greener' fuel. The Ecologist reports
… reliable and renewable source of energy. India hopes it has the answer: thorium, a … is to be believed. Global support for thorium India certainly has faith, with a burgeoning … US are also pursuing the technology, while India’s department of atomic energy and the …
Many glaciers are melting away at a rapid rate. This could have serious consequences for half a billion people who depend on the ‘eternal snows’ to water their crops and for drinking. But as Jonathan Mitchell reports from Nepal, not everyone appears concerned
… Range - which stretches from northeastern India some 2,500 km across to the border with … of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) at Dehra Dun in India. Indeed, many smaller glaciers have … Indo-Gangectic plains of southern Nepal and India, plus Bangladesh and Pakistan. As these …
The Ecologist investigates allegations a coal power project in India, approved under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, is destroying forests and livelihoods
… allegations a coal power project in India, approved under the UN's Clean … we travelled to Madhya Pradesh in central India to document the impact of a new coal … poor communities and destroying forest in India. Luke Starr reports from Madhya Pradesh …
Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of the most important environmental issues, highlighting the challenge facing UK policymakers and climatologists
… about energy security Twice as many people in India and Japan rank climate change as one of … is in sharp contrast to Asian countries like India, South Korea and Japan where 50 per cent … countries susceptibility to climate change. 'India has much less resilience to climate …
Responsible for one of the worst industrial accidents in the world, Dow Chemical's toxic legacy threatens the reputation of the London Olympics
… the night 2-3 December 1984 the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India leaked 42 tonnes of methyl isocyanate … in the years that followed. Last year, an Indian court convicted seven people for their …
In an exclusive extract from his new book, World on the Edge, Lester Brown outlines fresh ways of thinking about water and land use in order to sustain the world's growing population
… ranges between 25 and 40 percent in India, Mexico, Pakistan, the Philippines, and … is used on 1-3 percent of irrigated land in India and China and on roughly 4 percent in … to profitably irrigate 10 million hectares of India's cropland, nearly one tenth of the …
Their grasp of science can’t be faulted but William Antholis and Strobe Talbott need to offer solutions too, says Mark Newton
… Change Politics Kyoto Copenhagen USA China India Brazil Reviews book-jacket.jpg Their … than the others that make up the ‘big four’: India, China and the US. There is hope, too, … Antholis and Talbott also discuss the rise of India and China, two of the biggest countries …
Plans for GM 'Golden Rice' have divided critics, but Howarth Bouis from HarvestPlus explains why their non-GM biofortified crops with higher portions of key vitamins can succeed in tackling malnutrition
… Bean Iron DR Congo 2012 Pearl millet Iron India 2012 Maize Vitamin A Zambia 2012 Rice Zinc Bangladesh, India 2013 Wheat Zinc India, Pakistan 2013 Howard Bouis is director …
UK consumers get through 14 million litres of bottled soft drinks every year at a significant cost to the environment. So why not try making your own?
… 'misleading' investors over water use in India Campaigners accuse Coca-Cola CEO of not … damage in water-stressed areas of India INVESTIGATION Will sugar be the oil of …
Brazil’s cattle sector has become the largest driver for deforestation globally, overtaking palm oil plantations in Asia. With the UK sourcing 40 per cent of its processed beef from Brazil, campaigners are now calling for a consumer boycott. Chris Pala investigates
… for Zebu beef originally imported from India that thrive in tropical climates but … country produces more greenhouse gases than India, even though its population is 16 per cent that of India’s. Christel Cederberg, the leader of …
Come Friday morning and a group of kids and their parents converge to begin Brighton's Bike train cycle to school. Could this be the beginning of the great two-wheeled school run revolution? Jan Goodey reports
… in the world, but especially in China, India or the US, is surely up there with a … climate change. Do both, as was the case in India and China a decade ago before the huge …
It is time for the UK government to act if we want to stamp out the ongoing abuses perpetrated by corporations overseas and ensure an ethical weekly shop, argues Seb Klier
… picked and packed on plantations in Kenya or India, comes at the expense of the workers who … profits. Research into the tea industry in India and Kenya found workers paid around one …
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
… a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops' From India and Indonesia to Colombia and Costa … is discovered, gold-rushes inevitably ensue. India, China and Burma, with almost 20 million …