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Image shows the bank of the Mula Mutha river in Pune with underconstructed buildings in the background

Pune’s proposed river rejuvenation project does not consider ecology, hydrogeology, and climate change, say experts

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 May 2022
Under encroachment, Chahalwala pond of Kharawar village has turned into a garbage dumping site. Photo by Sat Singh/Mongabay.

Once the lifeline of villages, ponds in Haryana turn into garbage sites

Sat Singh 26 May 2022

Reviving history and the environment in the City of Djinns and saints

Archana Singh 24 Mar 2022
Improving the efficiency of large solar parks is crucial to avoiding the requirement of installing more projects. Photo by Thomas Lloyd Group/Wikimedia Commons.

Reduce air pollution to avoid land conflicts due to solar projects, recommends study

Mayank Aggarwal 23 Mar 2022

The world agrees on treaty to end plastic pollution

Charles Pekow 21 Mar 2022

[Illustration] The journey of plastic pollution in the Ganges

Devayani Khare, Sumita Nanda 10 Mar 2022

Aerosol pollution is a health hazard that also destabilises Earth’s climate

Conrad Fox 10 Mar 2022

[Explainer] How do we recycle plastic?

Devayani Khare 4 Mar 2022

[Explainer] Where the plastic things are: unexpected plastic products in our lives

Anusha Krishnan 22 Feb 2022

New study shows we have breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Feb 2022

The Leh airport’s journey towards carbon neutrality

Rohin Kumar 26 Jan 2022
A discarded mask found along the Mumbai coastline. Photo courtesy- Prasant Barik, Aahwahan Foundation

COVID-19 and the changing nature of waste

Anusha Krishnan 25 Jan 2022

Tackling the integrated challenge of plastic pollution and climate change

Devayani Khare 11 Jan 2022

[Explainer] The cost of plastic waste

Anusha Krishnan 30 Dec 2021

From pollution to power, what stops paddy straw from becoming the fuel of choice

Manu Moudgil 7 Dec 2021
SIPCOT industrial estate in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. Photo by Ajit Menon.

[Commentary] Industrialisation gone wrong in coastal Cuddalore

Ajit Menon, Arunkumar A.S. 1 Dec 2021

Polluted Yamuna, not industrial emission, main reason behind Taj Mahal decay: study

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 25 Nov 2021

[Explainer] What is the effect of plastic on ecosystems?

Devayani Khare 23 Nov 2021

[Explainer] The life of plastic: born a hero, dying an outcast, resurrected a monster

Anusha Krishnan 10 Nov 2021
During sampling the team encountered floating plastic items such as plastic bottles and packets along a 100 km stretch of the Bhagirathi-Hooghly stretch of the Ganga. Photo by Bhadury et al

[Commentary] Worsening water quality in Ganga’s lower stretches and what it means for us

Anwesha Ghosh 9 Nov 2021