In order to reduce their greenhouse gas pollution, enhance their energy security, and grow their economies, the United States and India should aggressively pursue opportunities to curb energy waste, particularly in the building sector.

There is clear evidence of...

 Latest updates from two global weather prediction agencies have added to the spectre of a developing El Nino, raising fears of a possible weak monsoon this year. 

Indian Met officials are treating the reports with caution, saying that though chances of an El Nino...

India's environmental clearance process is universally loathed. Industry and technocrats find it cumbersome and corrupt, and blame it for project delays and slowing growth. Environmentalists and project-affected people consider it superficial, corrupt and given to approving...

 Hundreds of thousands of Indian villages are either not connected to the country's power grid, or lack uninterrupted power supply. It is estimated that more than half of the country's 1.2 billion people do not have access to electricity.

Solar home lighting systems...