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Pollution dips, but fine particulate matter remains top public health threat: AQLI report

Vinaya Kurtkoti 18 Sep 2024
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Agriculture has a plastic problem and it’s threatening the future of food 

Priyamvada Kowshik 6 Sep 2024
A laborer at Shivam Bricks in Gaya, where zigzag technology was installed in 2018 to reduce pollution. Image by Manish Chandra Mishra/Mongabay

Brick kilns embrace zigzag design to cut pollution and boost efficiency

Manish Chandra Mishra 27 Aug 2024
A dress by Doodlage made from deadstock fabric. Typically, deadstock textiles languish in warehouses or are incinerated or landfilled, causing negative environmental impacts. Image courtesy of Doodlage.

Innovating with deadstock: From dump yards to designer racks

Shweta Thakur Nanda 20 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

Air pollution deaths spotlight need for health-based air quality standards

Simrin Sirur 12 Jul 2024

Port project in Maharashtra cleared by environment ministry despite opposition from fishing villages

Meena Menon 23 Apr 2024

Creatures entangled: Ghost nets trap creatures small and great

Max Martin 9 Apr 2024

Stitching sustainability amidst climate change challenges

Ravleen Kaur 7 Feb 2024

To tackle air pollution, scale up monitoring, factor in health and stop ad hoc management say experts

Simrin Sirur 10 Nov 2023
Barnacles on a plastic bottle found on the beach. Photo by Gunasekaran Kannan

Marine debris transporting invasive species along the southeastern coast

Max Martin 11 Oct 2023
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[Explainer] What happens when pharmaceutical pollutants enter the environment?

Mahima Jain 29 Sep 2023
Bichhri residents fill water from the tanker. Photo by Shiva Singh.

A village contaminated by industrial waste has been waiting for justice for over three decades

Sneha Richhariya, Tej Prakash Bhardwaj 15 Sep 2023
Mist clad Poombarai, a village in Kodaikanal. Photo by Arathi Menon/Mongabay

Hill station waste needs better plan, not just plastic ban

Arathi Menon 13 Sep 2023
Apis dorsata. Photo by Rison Thumboor/Wikimedia Commons.

Bees that see at night

Arathi Menon 7 Sep 2023
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023

Exploring airshed management as a solution to India’s pollution woes

Simrin Sirur 1 Sep 2023

Study reveals G20 nations increased fossil fuel investments in 2022, defying climate goals

Kundan Pandey 1 Sep 2023
One of the many lakes in Kolar that are being filled with Bengaluru's wastewater, Kolaramma lake in Kolar district is seen here covered in water hyacinth. Photo sourced from Anjaneya Reddy.

Should rural India drink urban wastewater?

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2023

Microplastics in J&K’s waterbodies dangerous to ecosystems and humans alike

Hirra Azmat 18 Aug 2023