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Deep-sea mining efforts gear up to meet clean energy demands amid concerns

Priyanka Shankar 26 Oct 2022

India needs legal framework for closing mines and power plants

Kundan Pandey 25 Oct 2022
Sand mining in Bangladesh

Demand for sand in Bangladesh escalates illegal activities, threatens environment

Abu Siddique 22 Sep 2022
Image shows a mural depicting coal mine workers

Coal will stay strong even as solar shines in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 21 Sep 2022
A dolphin in Kulsi river. Photo from Prasanna Kalita.

Gangetic river dolphins in Assam decline in the wake of anthropogenic pressures

Nabarun Guha 24 Aug 2022

[Commentary] SC judgement on eco-sensitive zone is the icing on the cake for biodiversity

Dipak Anand, G.V Gopi and Anjani Rawat 25 Jul 2022

Unaccounted deaths lay bare the dark side of sand mining

Varsha Singh 7 Jun 2022
Hundreds of tribals are now camping in the forest to save the HasdeoAranyaforest which is spread over 70,000 square kilometers in the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Photo by Alok Prakash Putul

In the midst of coal shortage reports, a coal mine extension is approved in pristine Hasdeo forests

Alok Prakash Putul 25 May 2022

As India looks to shift to renewables, Jharkhand’s coal mine workers fear loss of jobs and social security

Manish Kumar 25 May 2022

[Commentary] Thirty years after the Rio Summit the green report card is not fully in the red

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 6 May 2022
Villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Tatijharia village are facing severe problem of dust pollution due to bauxite mining. Photo by Rakesh Singh.

Parliament panel asks government to ensure faster green clearances for aluminium sector

Mayank Aggarwal 29 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

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

Rahul Singh 24 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
Mining machinery at a Goa mine brought to a halt by Supreme Court of India’s February 2018 judgment. Photo by Meera Mohanty/Mongabay.

Mining on the shifty sands of Goan politics

Meera Mohanty 20 Jan 2022

Goa wants to restart mining. What does Goa’s youth want?

Supriya Vohra 10 Dec 2021
Morus alba or white mulberry plant. Photo by Lazaregagnidze/Wikimedia Commons.

Asia’s first mulberry fossil unearthed in Rajasthan’s lignite mines

T. V. Padma 9 Dec 2021
In the coal mining areas, thousands depend on the coal ecosystem directly or indirectly for their livelihood. Photo by Srikant Chaudhary/Mongabay.

India’s coal transition likely to be a “messy and complicated exercise”

Mayank Aggarwal 8 Dec 2021

Administration flexes muscle power as it seeks consent for bauxite mining in Odisha’s tribal area

Manish Kumar 3 Dec 2021

[Photos] In anticipation of India’s largest coal mining project

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Dec 2021