Siddharth Goel

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Public Awareness of the Pandemic Is Our Chance to Enforce Better Climate Plans

Siddharth Goel 08/04/2020

We must not let this serious crisis go to...

The programme sets an overall cap on the permitted PM emissions in Surat’s textile industry. Representational image. Source: United Nations Photos/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Gujarat’s Emission Trading Scheme is India’s First Real Battle in War Against Air Pollution

Siddharth Goel 14/06/2019

The scheme is a marked departure from the traditional...

A water tanker on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai’s IT corridor. The water mafia makes a killing by buying groundwater at INR 200 per tanker and selling at INR 1,000- 1,200. Credit: Amritharaj Stephen

We Are Already Living in a ‘New India’ – and It’s Alarmingly Water-Stressed

Siddharth Goel 17/03/2019

One major issue is groundwater: although they are a...

Delhi air pollution, air pollution, Delhi smog, National Clean Air Programme, cap and trade, command and control regulation, paddy stubble burning, emissions trading, acid rain, sulphur dioxide, coal fired power plants, happy seeders, crop diversification, BS VI fuel standard, BS IV fuel standard, scrappage,

Three Out-Of-The-Box Policy Ideas to Clean up India’s Toxic Air

Siddharth Goel 21/01/2019

Market-based solutions instead of command-and-control regulation could allow economic...