Industrial mishaps like the boiler blast at Neyveli Lignite Corporation’s (now called NLC India Ltd., or NLCIL) power plant on July 1, 2020, are often seen as a consequence of…
Incessant honking, loud construction activity, loudspeakers at odd hours – all contributors to noise pollution – could soon fall heavy on the pockets of those violating norms. The country’s pollution…
Over the last four decades, the forest cover in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka has declined due to the rising number of unplanned infrastructure and agricultural activities. Studies have…
Following in the footsteps of the coal ministry, which secured exemption from public hearings for capacity expansion of coal mines by up to 40 percent, the union ministry of mines…
Continuing its push for ensuring a smoother path for industries in securing environment clearances, the Indian government's environment ministry is in the process of changing the environment impact assessment (EIA)…
Imagine if the river Dibang in Arunachal Pradesh, currently at the centre of controversy because of the 3,097-megawatt (MW) Etalin hydroelectric project proposed to be built across it, had the…
The proposed conversion of the railways’ Akola-Khandwa metre-gauge line to broad-gauge line through the Melghat tiger reserve (MTR) in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region has drawn concern. Apart from impacting the tiger…
India’s average temperature has already increased by around 0.7 degree Celsius during the 1901–2018 period due to greenhouse gas emissions and by the end of 2100 it is expected to…
A recent study has made startling revelations about the rising global temperature. Using global gridded datasets for human population coupled with social and environmental variables, the study has plotted the…
Remixes are back and India’s state governments seem to have caught on to the trend. Their choice for remix though is mega hydropower and irrigation projects which are being revived,…
