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Green fuel startups powering a cleaner future for India

Manish Kumar 2 Aug 2022
Civil society members at the project site with banners to protect Mattewara forest and the Sutlej river. Photo by special arrangement.

How Punjab’s civil society prevented an ecological disaster in already polluted Ludhiana

Vivek Gupta 29 Jul 2022
Electric scooters in the manufacturing process. One of the eight scenarios predicts 100 percent penetration of electric two-wheelers by 2027. Image by Gnoeee/Wikimedia commons

Report projects 100 percent electric two-wheeler penetration in India by 2027

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Jul 2022

An upcoming port in Karnataka is shrinking space for olive ridley turtles

Supriya Vohra 15 Jul 2022

A road for a port cuts through the livelihoods of fisherwomen in Uttara Kannada

Supriya Vohra 14 Jul 2022

Karnataka’s port-development spree ignores coastal communities’ concerns

Supriya Vohra 13 Jul 2022

Multiple hydropower projects on the Chenab river ring alarm bells

Anzer Ayoob, Mubashir Naik 7 Jul 2022
The new development plan of Shimla was meant to address the expansion needs of the city as well as growing ecological challenges besides ensuring the city’s sustainable growth. Photo by Priyanka Shankar/Mongabay.

Is Shimla’s first major development plan in 43 years a lost opportunity?

Vivek Gupta 24 Jun 2022
Effluents from factories can be seen flowing on village roads in the Kundli industrial area. Photo by Sat Singh/Mongabay.

Industrial water pollution threatens residents in Haryana’s Kundli area

Sat Singh 24 Jun 2022

How increasing taxes and decreasing subsidies threaten India’s clean energy growth

Manish Kumar 14 Jun 2022
Boy in Bihar, using solar pump to bath. Solar pumps can save upto 20 percent of input cost. Image by Ayush Manik/Flickr

Decentralised solar setups give power access to small farmers, facilitate innovations

Manish Chandra Mishra 10 Jun 2022
A cultivated wheat field in the Rohtak district of Haryana. Photo by Kapil Kajal.

Heatwave takes a toll on north India’s wheat yield

Kapil Kajal 8 Jun 2022
Water being pumped through tubewells is also contaminated. Photo by Omkar Singh.

Industries dump chemicals into fields, pollute Ajnar river in Madhya Pradesh

Anil Kumar Tiwari 3 Jun 2022
An electric-charging station in the parking area of one of the metro stations in Hyderabad. Photo by-Manish Kumar

Madhya Pradesh looks to streamline the struggling ecosystem for electric vehicles

Manish Kumar 2 Jun 2022

How the Sundarbans missed an opportunity to harness solar energy

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Jun 2022
Traffic jam at Saribal. Photo by Mike Prince/ Wikimedia Commons.

North India’s hills are feeling the heat too, but differently

Archana Singh 27 May 2022
Under encroachment, Chahalwala pond of Kharawar village has turned into a garbage dumping site. Photo by Sat Singh/Mongabay.

Once the lifeline of villages, ponds in Haryana turn into garbage sites

Sat Singh 26 May 2022

As India looks to shift to renewables, Jharkhand’s coal mine workers fear loss of jobs and social security

Manish Kumar 25 May 2022
The Suraha Tal Lake is the largest floodplain lake in the Ballia district. Jananayak Chandrashekhar University is situated within the Jai Prakash Narayan (Suraha Tal) Bird Sanctuary. Photo- Ballia district administration

A bird sanctuary’s survival is being threatened in Uttar Pradesh

Mayank Aggarwal 20 May 2022
A Great Indian Bustard which allegedly died due to collision with power lines. Photo by Devesh Gadahvi.

Are power lines turning Kutch into a bird graveyard from a bird paradise?

Ronak Gajjar 19 May 2022

India’s coal crisis exposes power sector woes

Manish Kumar 16 May 2022
A private wind farm in Radhapuram, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Narayana Swamy Subbraman/Mongabay.

Repowering Tamil Nadu’s aging wind farms to meet clean energy targets

Priyanka Shankar 13 May 2022

Hard constructions continue to erode Kerala’s coastline, leaving communities stranded

Supriya Vohra 5 May 2022

Fish famine, livelihood loss because of upcoming Vizhinjam port, say fishers of south Kerala

Supriya Vohra 4 May 2022
An electric rickshaw battery charging hub in Varanasi. Photo by Kartik Chandramouli.

India proposes a battery swapping policy to expedite EVs growth

Manish Kumar 2 May 2022

Conserving biodiversity as wind farms expand in Tamil Nadu

Priyanka Shankar 29 Apr 2022
India has multiple laws to govern its forests including the Forest Conservation Act 1980 which deals with the diversion of forests for non-forestry purposes. Photo by Paul Hamilton/Wikimedia Commons.

[Analysis] Developers should pay a higher Net Present Value for cutting forests

Mrinali K. 26 Apr 2022
A woman walks across a mini-solar grid plant in Gumla district. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Manish Kumar 22 Apr 2022

The wind farm paradox in southern Tamil Nadu

Priyanka Shankar 15 Apr 2022

The ghost of asbestos mining continues to haunt this tribal village in Jharkhand

Manish Kumar 14 Apr 2022

[Commentary] The year of the tiger – and of wild tigers

Rajesh Gopal and Mohnish Kapoor 12 Apr 2022
The forest near Jashipur in the buffer area of STR on fire. Photo by Pragati Prava.

Chhattisgarh forest fires continue while forest staff remain on strike

Alok Prakash Putul 11 Apr 2022

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