• 14 March, 2014

Western Ghats: lessons in protection

Madhav Gadgil and K Kasturirangan are both scientists of great repute. But both are caught up in a controversy on how the Western Ghats—the vast biological treasure trove spread over the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu—should be protected. First the Ministry of Environment and Forests asked Gadgil to submit a plan for protection of the Ghats. When this was done in mid-2011, the ministry sat on the document for months, refusing to release it even for public discussion.

• 27 June, 2011

Energy conservation is a moving target

A decade has passed since the Energy Conservation Act was enacted in 2001.

• 20 April, 2011

Endosulfan Conspiracy

It was in February 2001 that Down To Earth broke the story.

• 18 April, 2011

Endosulfan Conspiracy

A link was established between the unusually high incidence of deformities and diseases in Padre, a village in Kerala's Kasaragod district and endosulfan, an organochlorine pesticide.

• 18 February, 2010

Dont just count trees

Quality of forests is as important as tree cover by B K P Sinha, former principal conservator of forests, Uttar Pradesh