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[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

Gadchiroli’s new jumbo visitors could make the forests their permanent home

Saurabh Katkurwar 30 Nov 2021

[Commentary] COP26 opens doors for India to push for a just transition

Srestha Banerjee 25 Nov 2021
Riverbed Mining in Rambi Ara, Kashmir. Photo by Sameer Mushtaq/Mongabay.

[Video] Riverbed mining woes for Kashmir’s fishes

Sameer Mushtaq 17 Nov 2021

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

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Nov 2021
Cooling towers of a thermal power plant based in Haryana. Over the past two weeks, India witnessed an intense debate over the shortage of coal which many cautioned could lead to power cuts or blackout. Photo by Vikramdeep Sidhu/Wikimedia commons

India’s ‘coal shortage’ could set stage for overhaul of laws

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Oct 2021