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Tephrosia calophylla is an endemic species discovered in India's grasslands. More endemic species are waiting to be discovered, underscores a new study. Photo by R. Ganesan.

Indian grasslands hold a treasure trove of endemic plants

Sahana Ghosh 8 Mar 2022

[Commentary] In the push for sovereign green bonds, transparency and usage of proceeds will be key

Labanya Prakash Jena, Shreyans Jain 7 Mar 2022
Image shows a pack of Indian grey wolves in a grassland habitat in Nandurbar, Maharashtra, India

Counting India’s wolves, one howl at a time

Siddhant Pusdekar 7 Mar 2022

[Explainer] How do we recycle plastic?

Devayani Khare 4 Mar 2022

[Video] A Kerala village’s quest towards carbon neutrality

Salim Joseph 4 Mar 2022
India has installed about 750,000 solar street lights across the country till now. Photo by iMahesh/Wikimedia Commons.

Decentralised renewable solutions could aid rural energy transition

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Mar 2022

Hydropower project nudges a tribal community out of their land in Himachal Pradesh

Kapil Kajal 3 Mar 2022

[Webinar] Is India’s clean energy quest inclusive of women?

Team Mongabay-India 3 Mar 2022
Korba accounts for about 16 percent of India’s total coal production. Photo by Mayank Aggarwal/Mongabay.

Repurposing land in Korba’s coal mines can support a just transition

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2022

Fantastic beasts and why plastic is bad for them

Anusha Krishnan, Labonie Roy 1 Mar 2022

India’s women and children highly vulnerable to climate change yet missing in climate policies

Azera Parveen Rahman 1 Mar 2022

Continued fluoride contamination of groundwater is a glaring public health issue in central India

Manish Kumar 28 Feb 2022
Image shows aggregation of Cyanobacteria

New tool enables early detection of cyanobacterial blooms in India’s waterbodies

Neha Jain 25 Feb 2022

[Podcast] GigaWhat: Clean waste

Mayank Aggarwal, Kartik Chandramouli 25 Feb 2022
Banner: There are many applications of green hydrogen including its use in the transport sector. Photo by Mirkone/Wikimedia Commons.

India dangles carrots to promote green hydrogen

Mayank Aggarwal 25 Feb 2022
Relief work at the Dadam mining zone in January 2022. Photo by Sat Singh.

The ignorance of the Haryana government has cost the Aravallis dearly

Kapil Kajal 24 Feb 2022
India doesn’t have any national target for the adoption of electric vehicles. Photo by Navaneeth Krishnan S./Wikimedia Commons.

India should focus on procuring minerals crucial for powering EVs: study

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Feb 2022

[Explainer] Where the plastic things are: unexpected plastic products in our lives

Anusha Krishnan 22 Feb 2022

A call for help from the Western Ghats

Sneha Mahale 21 Feb 2022
Image shows group of Auroville residents standing in protest

Environmental conflict threatens iconic Auroville

Sarosh Bana 18 Feb 2022