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.

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

[Commentary] India’s farming crisis is a crisis of the ecological commons

Harini Nagendra, Rucha Ghate 25 Feb 2019

[Analysis] How will the environment fare as India prepares for elections?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 22 Feb 2019

Give faster clearances to hydropower projects: parliament panel

Mayank Aggarwal 12 Feb 2019

After pollution, riverfront development chokes Lucknow’s Gomti

Manu Moudgil 4 Feb 2019

Will the national government be known for its speedy clearances and neglected environmental priorities?

Mayank Aggarwal 31 Jan 2019

India changes coastal rules, bonanza for the industry

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Jan 2019

Delhi’s first animal welfare policy focuses on health, rehabilitation and awareness

Mayank Aggarwal 17 Jan 2019

Rat-hole mines: Negating human lives and ecology

Sahana Ghosh 8 Jan 2019

Forest land the size of Kolkata diverted for projects over past three years

Mayank Aggarwal 4 Jan 2019

Pollution board tells states to clean Ganga for Ardh Kumbh

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Dec 2018

[Analysis] Will environmental issues drive the narrative in the 2019 national elections?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 7 Dec 2018

Waiting to exhale: Workers affected by lung disease await justice in Rajasthan

Hridayesh Joshi 3 Dec 2018

No place for political campaigning as Vemulaghat’s ongoing protest stands strong

Meena Menon 30 Nov 2018

Water scarcity: Will the elections quench Rajasthan’s thirst?

Hridayesh Joshi 28 Nov 2018

Sentimental value alone can’t save Mizoram’s dying river

Gurvinder Singh 26 Nov 2018

Singrauli, India’s energy hub, fails to power lives of its people

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Nov 2018

Agriculture distress in MP could be the clincher in these elections

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Nov 2018

In spite of mega projects water is scarce in rural Telangana

Meena Menon 22 Nov 2018

Can election promises fix India’s ailing heart?

Mayank Aggarwal 21 Nov 2018

Environment policies that benefit farmers could hold key to votes in Mizoram

Gurvinder Singh 20 Nov 2018

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