Simrin Sirur

Simrin Sirur

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Simrin is a Staff Writer for Mongabay India, where she writes about climate change, national environmental policy, energy transitions, as well as the impacts of pollution on humans and nature. Before joining Mongabay India, she worked as Principal Correspondent covering the environment for national news website ThePrint. 

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An oil tar ball washed ashore on a beach. Representative image. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

Tar ball pollution draft rules notified

Simrin Sirur 7 May 2026

Could wildfires in Canada have affected India’s monsoon? New research suggests it’s possible

Simrin Sirur 1 May 2026
Trees at a park in Kochi, Kerala. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

New database captures urban tree diversity

Simrin Sirur 27 Apr 2026

The ‘correction’ clause rewriting Goa’s landscape

Simrin Sirur, Hagen Desa 23 Apr 2026
Representative image of a great Indian bustard. Image by Shiv's fotografia via Wikimedia Commons.

After decade long wait, great Indian bustard hatches in Gujarat

Simrin Sirur 3 Apr 2026

Centre could take charge when state environmental authorities are non-functional

Simrin Sirur 20 Mar 2026
People queue up to refill cylinders during the LPG shortage in March 2026. Image by Nizil Shah via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

LPG supply shock exposes fragility of India’s clean cooking strategy

Simrin Sirur 19 Mar 2026
Women walk in forests in Orchha, Chhattisgarh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Decades of warming and shifting rains are reshaping India’s central forests

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
The Hindu Kush mountains seen from Pakistan. Image by Ninara via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Review sheds light on how global warming is destabilising the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
Labourers arrange steel buckets at a manufacturing factory. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

New report flags sulphur dioxide emissions from Bokaro Steel Plant

Simrin Sirur 4 Mar 2026
Nainital lake. Image by Neharajpoot via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kumaon lakes have become sinks for microplastic pollution

Simrin Sirur 25 Feb 2026
A Great Nicobar serpent eagle. Image by Shreeram M.V. via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Green tribunal rules in favour of Great Nicobar Island project, citing ‘adequate safeguards’

Simrin Sirur 17 Feb 2026
Weeds being removed from Doddajala lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Government launches new fund for environmental levies

Simrin Sirur 5 Feb 2026
A woman is airlifted from a flood-affected area in Himachal Pradesh in August 2023. (Indian Air Force via AP)

July rainfall worsened August floods in Punjab in 2023, says study

Simrin Sirur 30 Jan 2026
A commercial plantation for plywood production. Image by James Anderson, World Resources Institute via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Government opens up forest plantation to private sector, critics question its conservation value

Simrin Sirur 28 Jan 2026
An aerial view of North Sentinel island. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)

Tribal leaders allege pressure to surrender land for the Great Nicobar project

Simrin Sirur 23 Jan 2026
An aluminium factory. Representative image by uc_rusal_photo_gallery via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Four more industries face emissions reduction targets

Simrin Sirur 22 Jan 2026
A government vehicle sprinkles water to control air pollution in New Delhi. Representative image. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Monitoring India’s clean air programme needs reimagining, suggests analysis

Simrin Sirur 14 Jan 2026
A blood sample is collected from a diabetic patient a health camp in Kolkata, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

Older diabetics at risk of developing cardiovascular disease from air pollution

Simrin Sirur 13 Jan 2026
A highway being constructed on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Ministry changes land acquisition requirements for select projects seeking clearance

Simrin Sirur 12 Jan 2026

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