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Leatherback hatchlings at Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar Island. Image by Dhritiman Mukherjee.

Great Nicobar’s leatherbacks carry a unique genetic record that a megaport could bury

Madhusree Mukerjee 9 Nov 2026
A mouse in a laboratory. Representative image via Pixabay.

New draft rules could dilute regulations for animal testing

Simrin Sirur 3 Nov 2026
Water from the taps run yellow in Nashik. Image by Esha Lohia.

Chromium in water upends life in an industrial neighbourhood

Esha Lohia 28 Oct 2026
A taxi on the move in Kolkata, West Bengal. A global air-monitoring study quantified tyre-derived chemicals in the air using passive samplers. Kolkata ranked first among all global cities in diphenylguanidine concentration. Image by Dharamveer via Pexels.

The toxic tyre chemical no one is measuring

Lakshmi Nilakantan 22 Oct 2026
A coal mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. Representative image by Vikash Singh via Pexels.

India’s coking coal push needs a methane plan [Commentary]

Purva Jain, Saumya Nautiyal 29 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

The carbon market bets on an invasive tree

Yash Sadhak Shrivastava 12 Aug 2026
Labourers work at a metro line project in Aarey colony, amid protests against felling of trees in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Supreme court upholds centre’s power to notify post-facto clearance

Kundan Pandey 7 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

Beyond the Hype

Team Mongabay-India 27 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

Tribal council calls recognition of forest rights on Great Nicobar Island ‘false’

Simrin Sirur 17 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 large container ship at Vizhinjam port in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Government proposes increasing clearance validity for ports and harbours

Simrin Sirur 15 Jul 2026
Workers use machinery to fell trees in Aarey colony, amid protests in Mumbai. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Petition accuses Wildlife Board Committee of rubber-stamping diversions with ‘no application of mind’

Simrin Sirur 10 Jul 2026
Labourers work in an iron and steel factory on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

Trade liberalisation meets carbon tariffs as India eyes EU market [Commentary]

Soutrik Goswami, Isha Sharma 30 Jun 2026
Reena Kashyap moulds bricks at night. Image by Shivan Bhardwaj.

Night shifts help brick kiln workers avoid peak heat, not its consequences

Shivam Bhardwaj 26 Jun 2026
A labourer prepares steel furniture at a factory. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Financing the green shift remains a hurdle for steel MSMEs

Rohini Krishnamurthy 24 Jun 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