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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
An iron ore mine in Chhattisgarh. Representative image by India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Mining project overlaps wildlife corridor, ignites debate

Arathi Menon 15 Jun 2026
A man collects water from a well as a woman washes clothes in Mumbai. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

An unregulated groundwater economy drills into trouble

Esha Lohia 12 Jun 2026
A truck transporting goods in Uttar Pradesh. Representative image by Shantum Singh via Pexels.

New scheme incentivises trucks, buses for meeting emissions standards

Simrin Sirur 8 Jun 2026
People gather to oppose mining activities. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

A bauxite mining project, contested consent and growing tensions

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 1 Jun 2026
Tendu leaves being dried after harvest. Representative image by Subodhkiran via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India releases report on access-benefit sharing from biological resources

Simrin Sirur 29 May 2026
Cows feed on biomedical waste dumped near Tirunelveli. Image by Thinakaran Rajamani.

Biomedical waste crosses borders, polluting farmlands

Prasanth Shanmugasundaram 28 May 2026
Formal segregation of e-waste being done at the Karo Sambhav facility in Gurugram. Image courtesy of Karo Sambhav.

How NGOs are bringing India’s informal waste collectors into the system

Shoma Abhyankar 22 May 2026
A cow walks on a dried lake in the summer. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

As temperatures rise, cattle industry feels the strain

Himanshu Arya 19 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

Hopes for inland waterways transport fall short as operational challenges rise

Rahul Singh 13 Apr 2026
The main building of the Varanasi MMT. Image by Rahul Singh.

Traditional boatmen washed out by waterways infrastructure and tourism

Rahul Singh 17 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
A road in Leh. Empty hotels and closed businesses are proof that Ladakh’s tourism boom is dwindling. Terrorist attacks in 2025, record rainfall and local violence severely impacted tourism in the region, leading to a sharp decline in revenue for hotel and taxi businesses. Image by Shailesh Srivastava/Mongabay.

A series of disruptions hit tourism in this high altitude desert

Shailesh Shrivastava 6 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
A school girl wearing a face mask walks across a foot over bridge amidst smog in New Delhi in November, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pollution concentrations soar higher above ground during haze

Manish Chandra Mishra 3 Mar 2026
Workers use hand carts to transport bricks at a brick kiln in Farrukhabad district, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Old kilns, new blocks, uncertain futures

Tanvi Bhatia 26 Feb 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
A bolt of lighting strikes over in Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Air pollution can both fuel and suppress lightning in India, study finds

Manish Chandra Mishra 12 Feb 2026