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The canaries in the coal mine

Saiyam Khosla 11 May 2022

After starting off slow, Jharkhand eyes mega projects to boost clean energy in state

Manish Kumar 6 May 2022
A woman walks across a mini-solar grid plant in Gumla district. Photo by Manish Kumar/Mongabay

Solar mini-grids fuel women-led enterprises in Jharkhand’s Gumla district

Manish Kumar 22 Apr 2022

The ghost of asbestos mining continues to haunt this tribal village in Jharkhand

Manish Kumar 14 Apr 2022

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

Manish Kumar 28 Feb 2022

Landless and jobless: Bokaro residents wait for mining project that has not progressed in four decades

Rahul Singh 24 Feb 2022
A coal-mined area in the Talcher region. Photo by Pramit Karmakar.

Elephant corridors impacted as mining expands in Jharkhand

Rahul Singh 18 Feb 2022

Demanding PESA rights, Jharkhand’s tribal people plan to boycott panchayat polls

Md Asghar Khan 7 Feb 2022
Jhum field of millet cultivation. NESFAS.

An indigenous community in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience

Sahana Ghosh 4 Nov 2021

India to seek billion-dollar assistance from the World Bank for just transition programme

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Nov 2021

A primitive tribe and rare fossils threatened by stone mining in Jharkhand

Rahul Singh 21 Oct 2021
Women-led group take care solar pumps after receiving them from the government. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary

Jharkhand’s solar pump scheme aims to improve lives of farmers by increasing irrigation potential

Srikant Chaudhary 4 Oct 2021
Damodar river flows across some of the most mineral rich regions of India which could be a boon for states like Jharkhand and West Bengal. Image by Rahul Singh

The ‘sorrow’ of Damodar river continues for millions of people

Rahul Singh and Kundan Pandey 9 Sep 2021

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

Aritra Bhattacharya 13 Aug 2021

Impact of armed conflicts on wildlife underestimated: study

Sahana Ghosh 28 Jul 2021
Embankments demolished in the Mousuni island in the Sundarbans. Photo by West Bengal Radio Club.

Cyclone Yaas imperils communities in low-lying coastal areas of Bay of Bengal

Gurvinder Singh 1 Jun 2021

With more forest fires and an ongoing pandemic, forest dwellers feel the heat this year

Manish Chandra Mishra 28 May 2021

The hits and misses of a mine reclamation project in Jharkhand

Gurvinder Singh 1 Apr 2021
A group of woman going to market to sell forest produces.

PESA: The wait for reforms on the ground continues even after 25 years

Kundan Pandey 4 Mar 2021

Where is the DMF money meant for people living in mining areas going?

Mayank Aggarwal 14 Jan 2021