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Documenting India’s water bodies is a good start, but their condition is concerning, say experts

Vivek Gupta 19 May 2023

Funds remain underutilised by regulators in one of the most polluted regions of India

Vivek Gupta 2 May 2023
A view of damaged wheat field in Punjab's Moga district. Photo by special arrangement

After being hit by heat last year, wheat crop suffers from excessive, untimely rains this year

Vivek Gupta 11 Apr 2023

Hydropower projects vulnerable to warming climate and increased precipitation

Manish Kumar 29 Mar 2023

Frequent earthquakes a reminder of the vulnerabilities of the Himalayan region

Mudassir Kuloo 22 Mar 2023
Women of Rupaheli Kala village trying to show the impact of pollution due to the factory nearby. Photo by Parul Kulshrestha.

A Rajasthan village claims factory emissions are impacting health; factory has clean chit from pollution board

Parul Kulshrestha 17 Mar 2023

New thermal power plants mandated to use renewable sources to generate part of their energy

Manish Kumar 15 Mar 2023
Electrically-powered automobile in Tamil Nadu. Photo by த*உழவன்/Wikimedia Commons.

Incentives to boost demand, increase in e-buses in Tamil Nadu’s latest EV policy

Manish Kumar 9 Mar 2023

Electricity transition in India’s renewable-rich states needs to accelerate, says study

Manish Kumar, Manish Mishra 8 Mar 2023
Baobab tree in Mandu district of Madhya Pradesh.

Madhya Pradesh seeks GI tag for the fruit of the endangered baobab in Mandu

Shahroz Afridi 6 Mar 2023

Water is needed for green hydrogen production, but concerns remain about its availability

Manish Kumar 3 Mar 2023

Organic agriculture critical for generating indigenous, clean fuel

Ravleen Kaur 1 Mar 2023

Decentralised solar is transforming rural India, needs an extra push

Manish Kumar 27 Feb 2023

Odisha’s solar potential seven times more than MNRE estimates, says study

Manish Kumar 17 Feb 2023

Preliminary exploration of lithium in India offers early hope, but a long journey remains ahead

Manish Kumar 16 Feb 2023

Cycling can reduce air pollution, but cyclists highly prone to fatalities on Delhi roads

Manish Kumar 15 Feb 2023
Image shows a man and a woman standing in their farm

Despite cultural, technical and other challenges, Kolhapur makes progress in adoption of biogas-linked toilets

Ravleen Kaur 6 Feb 2023
A man walks along Joshimath market. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Joshimath’s displaced residents, tired of temporary solutions, await long-term rehabilitation

Manish Kumar 30 Jan 2023

[Commentary] India’s air quality monitoring needs rethinking

Moorthy M Nair 27 Jan 2023

Punjab sticks to paddy amid depleting groundwater

Vivek Gupta 24 Jan 2023
Channu Lal Rajput of Thekua village in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh had taken 2.5 acres of land on contract but the crop suffered heavy damage due to heavy rain. Like, many other tenant farmers Rajput will not get any compensation for his loss.

Landless, tenant farmers miss out on compensation for crop loss by weather events

Arvind Shukla 20 Jan 2023
Asia's largest Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant. The Plant with a total capacity of 33.23 ton CBG per day has been operationalized at village Bhuttal Kalan (Sangrur) in April, 2022. Photo by Invest Punjab/Government of Punjab

Lack of market support for bio-manure hindering growth of compressed biogas plants

Manish Kumar 20 Jan 2023

A sinking town in Uttarakhand: What went wrong in Joshimath

Satyam Kumar, Shailesh Shrivastava 11 Jan 2023
Migratory birds flying at the Bhoj Wetland in Bhopal. The wetland was awarded Ramsar tag in 2002.

Wetland conservation in MP limited by low notification of wetlands

Shahroz Afridi 11 Jan 2023
Tenant farmers washing their produce in Chilla khadar area of Delhi

The unrecognised urban farmers of Delhi are caught in conflict over land

Aakiz Farooq 5 Jan 2023
A man burning leaves to make charcoal in Mughal Garden, Bijbehara. Photo by Farzana Nisar

Polluted paradise: Kashmir’s worsening air quality is a risk for respiratory illnesses

Farzana Nisar 2 Jan 2023
A farmer tilling his sugarcane field at Karad in Maharashtra. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Energy transition offers a ray of hope to farmers struggling in chilly winter

Manish Kumar, Kundan Pandey 28 Dec 2022
A part of the forest area close to the elephant corridor at the Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by Manish Kumar.

[Commentary] Forestry, people and India’s renewed NDC commitments

Sushmita 23 Dec 2022
A solar tree at the roadside of Konark city. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay.

With a new policy, Odisha aims at 10 GW of renewable energy by 2030

Manish Kumar 16 Dec 2022
Villages cross across a 10-acre aged palm oil garden at Medapally village in Mudigonda mandal of Khammam district. Photo by Manish Kumar

Despite challenges, Telangana plans to expand oil palm plantation area by 22 times

Manish Kumar 2 Dec 2022

India needs to weigh options before partnership with G7 countries to accelerate a just energy transition

Soumya Sarkar 29 Nov 2022

Chandigarh aims to phase out fuel vehicles, but will there be enough EVs to meet the ambitious targets?

Vivek Gupta 28 Nov 2022

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