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Workers install solar panels in Gujarat. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The price of going green is higher for the Global South

Kundan Pandey 14 Aug 2025
A woman works at a coal depot in Ahmedabad in the summer of 2022, when heatwaves were scorching the country. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Governing land, landscapes and infrastructure for a just energy transition [Commentary]

Sarthak Shukla, Siddharth Sareen 12 Aug 2025
Workers install solar panels in Karim Shahi village, Bhuj district, Gujarat in 2023. India received around $2.4 billion in 2024 for project type interventions in clean energy generation, with solar PVs leading the surge. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Foreign investments are helping drive India’s clean energy boom

Elena Mathew 30 Jul 2025
A wind-solar hybrid energy system installed at Mumbai airport. Image by WindStream Energy Technologies PVT LTD via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

India achieves 50% non-fossil power capacity five years ahead of target

Kundan Pandey 17 Jul 2025
A power plant in Kolkata. Representative image by Smeet Chowdhury via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Sulphur dioxide emission norms relaxed for thermal power plants

Simrin Sirur 15 Jul 2025

SC pauses NGT order amid industry push for coal flexibility

Akshay Deshmane 30 Jun 2025
An air conditioner. Image by Dinkun Chen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Government to reduce AC temperature limits to improve energy efficiency

Simrin Sirur 16 Jun 2025
Residents of Pulwama in Jharkhand say that while the Rajhara North coal mine’s reopening might offer temporary benefits, it risks repeating a cycle of displacement and environmental damage. Bindu Devi says that she will fight for the right compensation (R). The government has allocated mining blocks to Fairmine Carbons which has begun production (L). Images by Ashwini Kumar Shukla for Mongabay.

A coal mine reopens, sparking hope and fear

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 11 Mar 2025
A flock of migratory brown-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) in Mannar with windmills in background. Image courtesy of Lahiru Walpita.

Adani withdraws from controversial wind power project

Malaka Rodrigo 28 Feb 2025

[Explainer] How did India phase out ozone-depleting substances and what lies ahead?

Kundan Pandey 17 Jan 2025

Emissions from thermal power are flying under the radar of air pollution action

Simrin Sirur 5 Dec 2024

India’s major coal unions weigh in on the path to a just transition

Simrin Sirur 15 Nov 2024

[Explainer] What is recycling? How does it work in India?

Phalguni Ranjan 1 Oct 2024
Image shows a deep mining pit surrounded by layers of dug-up soil and trees in the background

Goa mining: new regime, bigger challenges

Pamela D'Mello 30 Sep 2024
A dress by Doodlage made from deadstock fabric. Typically, deadstock textiles languish in warehouses or are incinerated or landfilled, causing negative environmental impacts. Image courtesy of Doodlage.

Innovating with deadstock: From dump yards to designer racks

Shweta Thakur Nanda 20 Aug 2024

Coal mining degraded 35% of native land cover in India’s central coal belt

Simrin Sirur 16 Aug 2024
Spineless fodder cactus growing in the IGFRI campus in Jhansi. Image- Shuchita Jha

Experimenting with biogas from cactus

Shuchita Jha 14 Aug 2024

Exploratory drilling for hydro, pumped storage should be exempt from clearance: forest committee

Simrin Sirur 8 Aug 2024

Budget balances coalition demands, job challenges and green initiatives

Kundan Pandey 26 Jul 2024
Spineless cactus farm at the IGFRI campus in Jhansi. Image by Shuchita Jha/Mongabay

Uttar Pradesh to fast-track biofuel production with the right blend of ethanol and biogas

Shuchita Jha 24 Jul 2024