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Labourers carry firewood, as smoke rises from a bricks factory on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

BRICS declaration calls for climate action while recognising fossil fuel role

Kundan Pandey 15 Sep 2026
A farmer sets fire to crop residue on the out skirts of Jalandhar, Punjab. (AP Photo)

Crop-residue burning, a major contributor to black carbon pollution: Study

Nikhil Sreekandan 3 Sep 2026
A mountain of waste generated from coal mining stands in the Kathara area of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. Image by Kundan Pandey/Mongabay.

The mine closes but the transition is far from over

Kundan Pandey 17 Aug 2026
A sugarcane field in Narsinghpur, Madhya Pradesh. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

India’s ethanol push moves from the pump to the field, raising water and food questions

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 Jul 2026
A security personal watches as a worker seals the lid of a tanker filled with ethanol at a factory, in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Supporting infrastructure is the missing link in India’s ethanol push

Manish Chandra Mishra 24 Jul 2026
A farmer shields herself and her child from the sun while working on a field. Image by Votso Sothu via Pexels.

Heat plans must account for age and gender, says UN Women paper

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 21 Jul 2026
A commuter rides through a dense, low-lying blanket of toxic smog at sunset, a common winter and post-monsoon reality along rural Bihar's unmanaged waste dumping tracks. Image by Himanshu Praveen.

The hidden burden of rural air pollution

Himanshu Praveen 17 Jul 2026
A fuel station in Belém, Brazil, where consumers can choose between ethanol-blended gasoline and hydrous ethanol. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay.

What India’s ethanol push can learn from Brazil’s long ethanol journey

Manish Chandra Mishra 16 Jul 2026
Manjara Dam in Marathwada region, Maharashtra, dries up completely during a drought in 2016. Representative image. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

As El Niño develops, India turns to coal to offset lower hydropower

Kundan Pandey 10 Jul 2026
Workers install a solar panel on the rooftop of a residence in Gurugram, Haryana. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Rethinking India’s climate plan through equity, delivery and intent [Commentary]

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Mohana Manimaran 23 Jun 2026
Machine operators work on cell printing for solar panels in Mundra, Gujarat, at a manufacturing unit where solar energy components are made from scratch. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Efficiency mandates can build India’s clean tech sovereignty [Commentary]

Ajay Mathur 15 Jun 2026
A biogas plant setup at Sahyadri School in Pune district. Image courtesy of Aditya Kamble/Vaayu Mitra.

LPG shortage leads to increased demand for clean-cooking solutions

Shuchita Jha 11 May 2026
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
A shepherd grazes her sheep near a solar power plant in Pavagada Tumkur district, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

States hold the key to India’s energy transition [Commentary]

Tanya Rana, Ruchita Shah 6 May 2026
A high-level ministerial dialogue on climate finance at COP29. Image by Mike Muzurakis via IISD/ENB.

India withdraws bid to host UN climate conference in 2028

Kundan Pandey 13 Apr 2026
Workers install solar panels on the roof of a residential apartment in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/R S Iyer, File)

India’s updated climate plan targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power capacity by 2035

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 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
A view of the Tarapur MIDC in Boisar. Image by Meena Menon.

Oleum leak puts spotlight on safety and pollution in a chemical hub

Meena Menon 16 Mar 2026
National Disaster Response Force personnel conduct a rescue operation at the site of the explosion at Baghjan, Tinsukia district, Assam on June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Partha Sarathi Das)

A new book documents voices from the Baghjan disaster

Nabarun Guha 19 Feb 2026
A technician at work at a factory that produces ethanol in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Policy shifts test Bihar’s ethanol-led industrial revival

Umesh Kumar Ray 13 Feb 2026