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Goa wants to restart mining. What does Goa’s youth want?

Supriya Vohra 10 Dec 2021
In the coal mining areas, thousands depend on the coal ecosystem directly or indirectly for their livelihood. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary/Mongabay.

India’s coal transition likely to be a “messy and complicated exercise”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Dec 2021

Glasgow summit delivers discounted dreams, but action and money missing

Soumya Sarkar 15 Nov 2021
A drought affected field in Ladakh. Many states in India are the most vulnerable to extreme climate events such as floods, droughts and cyclones, possibly brought on by climate change. Photo by Christopher Michel/Wikimedia commons

Empty pledges in Glasgow won’t cool down an overheated planet

Soumya Sarkar 29 Oct 2021

[Interview] Renewable energy goals can’t be met by excluding people or making them hostile, say founders of LIFE

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Oct 2021

Conservation by eliminating human presence is a flawed construct: study

Latoya Abulu 22 Oct 2021
Cooling towers of a thermal power plant based in Haryana. Over the past two weeks, India witnessed an intense debate over the shortage of coal which many cautioned could lead to power cuts or blackout. Photo by Vikramdeep Sidhu/Wikimedia commons

India’s ‘coal shortage’ could set stage for overhaul of laws

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Oct 2021

[Commentary] Bridge the North-South divide for a more just UN Biodiversity Framework

Subhankar Banerjee 7 Oct 2021

Renegotiate Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan to factor in climate change: parliamentary panel

Athar Parvaiz 9 Sep 2021

All three tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh now in Maoist territory

Alok Prakash Putul 17 Aug 2021

Mining-affected communities seek refuge in art to express rage, reason and reflection

Aritra Bhattacharya 13 Aug 2021

Goa forms mineral development corporation, hopes to revive mining

Supriya Vohra 9 Aug 2021

Can Odisha, Chhattisgarh move beyond conventional approaches to save Mahanadi?

Pragati Prava 9 Aug 2021

[Explainer] IPCC AR6 and its relevance to India

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 30 Jul 2021

Environmental activism in the Nilgiris: too early to rejoice?

Nina Varghese 15 Jul 2021

The balance between jobs in the renewable energy and fossil fuel sectors could play on India’s energy transition

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Jul 2021

Environmentalists raise concerns about Kerala’s Silver Line project that passes through ecologically sensitive areas

K.A. Shaji 24 Jun 2021

[Obituary] Sunderlal Bahuguna: End of an era for Indian environmentalism

Hridayesh Joshi 27 May 2021

[Interview] Bittu Sahgal: “Young people want to protect the environment, but don’t have their hands on the wheel”

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 21 May 2021

A “do or die” agitation against coal pollution in Odisha

Meena Menon 14 May 2021