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Sin tax for redemption

The Goods and Services Tax of 40 per cent on “sugar-sweetened aerated and flavoured water” has a big bang impact on public health

We can

It is time we talked about the real cost of our food, about how to benefit the farmers who grow our food

How not to grow trees

Planting a tree is now bound up in so much restriction and red tape that it is not worth the effort

Food and dissent

Sunita Narain's response to the comments on her previous editorial "Why I would not advocate vegetarianism"

Future is in our hands

We can make or break it, depending on whether we stand up and are counted or let markets drive democracies

BS-IV checkmate

The country has a massive problem of older and more polluting vehicles. But why should this be an argument for delaying transition?

Wolf at our door

The US has made the world rewrite the climate agreement so that the targets are based on voluntary action, not science

Pet coke conundrum

We are buying the world’s dirtiest fuel as if we have no worries of air pollution. This needs to change

Policy Backfires

Policy design allows dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil to flourish 

Revenge of the rich

Trump's election reflects the anger of the rich who did not get richer. This inequity is also at the core of the climate change challenge What does the ascension of Donald Trump to US presidency mean for climate change? Also, what does Trump mean for our inter-connected and by now highly globalised world?