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Polluting industries are now exempt from dual approvals before setting up ops

Simrin Sirur 11 Dec 2024

How flood protection structures heighten flood vulnerability

Simrin Sirur 29 Nov 2024

Chhattisgarh tribal body says consent for mining in Hasdeo Arand was forged

Simrin Sirur 28 Nov 2024

India’s disappearing wetlands are an early warning sign of drastic biodiversity loss

Simrin Sirur 18 Oct 2024

National coastal body says Great Nicobar project no longer in prohibited zone, making way for a port

Simrin Sirur 22 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

Surviving a heat stroke, against all odds

Simrin Sirur 1 Jul 2024

Assessing coastal disaster risks in central Kerala

Simrin Sirur 10 May 2024

[Interview] “This is in honour of adivasis fighting for their land, water, forest,” says Goldman Prize winner Alok Shukla

Simrin Sirur 30 Apr 2024
Red-headed vulture eating prey. Photo by Timothy A Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Measuring the scavenging value of vultures

Simrin Sirur 25 Apr 2024

Climate litigation has entered the room. But could great Indian bustards be inched out?

Simrin Sirur 19 Apr 2024

Experimenting with shed design to reduce heat stress in livestock, poultry

Simrin Sirur 16 Apr 2024

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

More than 15 years on, implementation of Forest Right Act is lagging, new report finds

Simrin Sirur 4 Apr 2024

Major players driving India’s green growth story spent millions in funding for political parties

Simrin Sirur 29 Mar 2024

Green Credit Scheme’s ‘methodology’ doesn’t inspire confidence among experts

Simrin Sirur 19 Mar 2024

Western Himalayas more “risk prone” than the East, according to new index

Simrin Sirur 11 Mar 2024

Supreme Court restores 1996 definition of forests in recent interim order

Simrin Sirur 27 Feb 2024

Restaurants fuelling demand for shark meat in India, finds study

Simrin Sirur 24 Jan 2024

India following a global trend of forsaking environment protection for “national security,” paper says

Simrin Sirur 21 Nov 2023

Loss and damage fund gets a “compromised” draft deal going into COP28

Simrin Sirur 17 Nov 2023

To tackle air pollution, scale up monitoring, factor in health and stop ad hoc management say experts

Simrin Sirur 10 Nov 2023

Climate action not on track to meet Paris Agreement goals, says Global Stocktake report

Simrin Sirur 13 Sep 2023

LPG subsidy can increase uptake, but interventions needed to counter myths and improve access

Simrin Sirur 6 Sep 2023

[Interview] Suravee Nayak on why transformative justice for women, Dalits is key for a just transition

Simrin Sirur 24 Aug 2023

Speedy uptake of five-star rated fans needs government push to make them affordable, say experts

Simrin Sirur 22 Aug 2023
Photo shows tiger cubs

Improved tiger numbers come with hidden messages on invasives, habitat connectivity

Simrin Sirur 4 Aug 2023
A girl in a flooded area in Pakistan

Flooding caused the greatest economic damages in Asia in 2022, says WMO report

Simrin Sirur 2 Aug 2023

Biological Diversity Bill, which facilitates commercial use of traditional resources, passed in Lok Sabha

Simrin Sirur 31 Jul 2023

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