Environment and Elections News

This series was setup to examine if the environment played a role during the 2019 national elections. We are now conducting introspective analyses about the election results, before examining environment related policy of the new government. The India Climate Collaborative has been supporting this series. However, the ICC does not have editorial input regarding the content of Mongabay-India stories. The story idea, production and publishing was entirely by Mongabay-India.

Recycle & reuse: Indian government proposes a resource efficiency policy

More tigers recorded, but with habitats under threat will the uptick continue?

Hydropower projects come back in focus with Dibang dam push and the dam safety bill

Bringing back the ancient Saraswati river

[Commentary] Surviving in the fragile Sundarbans delta: Will the new government respond?

[Commentary] Did the budget miss the bus for building climate resilience for agriculture?

Environmental issues zoom out of focus in the budget

Delhi is running out of water, and it is everybody’s problem

[Commentary] Why the drought did not matter in Marathwada during polls

Will one single water ministry solve India’s water woes?

Despite controversies on tribal issues, BJP wins in tribal constituencies

[Commentary] In Kerala there was nothing “golden” about this missed opportunity

NDA 2.0: What it means for India’s environment?

Amid elections, government proposes overhaul of environment clearance rules

Punjab’s groundwater stress drowns in election noise

Demand for FRA implementation in the Sundarbans echoes in 2019 general elections

Punjab farmers’ widows respond to apathy by standing in elections

Ganga is shifting away from Patna

Infrastructure and environment battle it out in the maximum city

Politics muddies waters in parched Bundelkhand

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