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Manjara Dam in Marathwada region, Maharashtra, dries up completely during a drought in 2016. Representative image. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

As El Niño develops, India turns to coal to offset lower hydropower

Kundan Pandey 10 Jul 2026

Proposed solar project in India’s largest grassland sparks conservation concerns

Ronak Gajjar 8 Jul 2026
A rural woman operates an electrical control box that powers irrigation pumps for agricultural fields. Image by Vraj Acharya, WELL Labs via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Bonn talks signal a new energy transition narrative, even as old divides persist

Kundan Pandey 19 Jun 2026
A pair of chinkaras at the Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra. Image by Dr Caesar Photgraph via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

The chinkara’s future may be less secure than its conservation status suggests

Manjeera Gowravaram 18 Jun 2026
Machine operators work on cell printing for solar panels in Mundra, Gujarat, at a manufacturing unit where solar energy components are made from scratch. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Efficiency mandates can build India’s clean tech sovereignty [Commentary]

Ajay Mathur 15 Jun 2026
State Disaster Response Force personnel head to rescue affected people after heavy rainfall in Guwahati in April 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

While the world hesitates, India must continue leading on climate [Commentary]

Minal Pathak, Vaibhav Chaturvedi 12 May 2026
A shepherd grazes her sheep near a solar power plant in Pavagada Tumkur district, Karnataka. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

States hold the key to India’s energy transition [Commentary]

Tanya Rana, Ruchita Shah 6 May 2026
A greater yellow house bat in Dehradun. Image by Rohit Chakravarty.

Wind power’s ecological costs on bats

Aisiri Amin 20 Apr 2026
Solar panels installed on the roof of a healthcare facility in Meghalaya. Image by Pratik Chakraborty.

Solar energy supports healthcare in outage-prone hilly districts

Jyoti Thakur, Pratik Chakarborty 31 Mar 2026
Workers install solar panels on the roof of a residential apartment in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/R S Iyer, File)

India’s updated climate plan targets 47% emissions cut and 60% clean power capacity by 2035

Manish Chandra Mishra 26 Mar 2026
A herder with a flock of sheep at Raghwa village in Jaisalmer district, where a 2700 MW solar park has been earmarked. Image by Manu Moudgil.

A 700 km-long foot march to save sacred groves from solar projects

Manu Moudgil 19 Mar 2026
Garbage being collected for segregation at the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi. The Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, within which a study reveals higher temperature zones are widening. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s new waste management rules face old implementation gaps

Jyotsnika Tiwari 6 Mar 2026
Workers check the quality of a solar panel at the production line up at a manufacturing plant on the outskirts of Jaipur, Rajasthan. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Budget signals a shift in India’s climate and energy priorities

Kundan Pandey 3 Feb 2026
Tejashri Shelke, the sarpanch of Shelkewadi, stated that all of the homes in the 'Pink Village' are owned by women and symbolically painted pink. Image by Abhijeet Gurjar.

Rooftop solar consumers face uncertainty in Maharashtra

Abhijeet Gurjar 4 Dec 2025
Speakers at the high-level event on building cooperation for scaling climate finance. Image © UN Climate Change - Diego Herculano via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

India, China step into leadership vacuum at climate meet as the West retreats

Soumya Sarkar 21 Nov 2025

India falls in climate performance rankings

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 Nov 2025
Farmers pack cauliflowers harvested at a farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Solar-powered cold storage empowers smallholder farmers

Kavitha Yarlagadda 14 Nov 2025
Workers assemble a car at an electric vehicle plant in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. (AP Photo/ Rafiq Maqbool)

China challenges India’s domestic manufacturing incentives, alleging unfair trade practices

Kundan Pandey 29 Oct 2025
The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project. Representative image by Nayan J Nath via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Arunachal Pradesh plans big push for hydropower

Simrin Sirur 10 Oct 2025
Part of the bike rally taken out by fishers dependent on the Panchet dam on September 7. Image courtesy of Rajen Tudu.

Floating solar projects test India’s just transition promise

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 9 Oct 2025