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ICEs vs. EVs: Learning From The Past To Boost Sustainability

By 1900, the internal combustion engine was hailed as a way to clean up the world’s city streets, then heaped…

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Promised Rehab Eludes Residents Of One Of India’s Earliest Coal Mines

As you walk down this particular wide but cracked road in a West Bengal village, it is evident that something…

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Are Haryana Stone Crushing Units To Blame For Respiratory Troubles?

A two-kilometre detour from the six-lane national highway 152-D (Narnaul-Ambala), towards the interior villages in Haryana, where stone-crushing units are…

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‘We Must Never Assume That A Healthy Planet Is Automatic’

In June 2023, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced Monica P. Medina as its new President and CEO. Medina is…

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Green Credits Could Spur Cities To Take Local Need-Based Climate Action

The draft Green Credit Programme Rules notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is part of…

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Controversial Forest Bill Passed In LS But Key Questions Remain

A Bill proposing radical changes to India’s forest law came closer to becoming legislation on July 26, when it was…

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The Indian Voice For Environmental Justice At Global Platforms

When the Earth Commission released its third paper on earth system boundaries in 2023, one element stood out as distinct…

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Next To India’s Capital, A Village Looks To The Past For Its Forest’s Future

Sunil Harsana says he always knew there were paintings in the caves near his home in Mangar, a village on…

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Delhi HC Says Adieu To ‘Green Judge’ Justice Najmi Waziri

Delhi High Court judge Justice Najmi Waziri urged citizens to take charge of the plantation drive in the national capital…

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Life Lessons On A Journey Through Mangroves

The memory came alive as I sat down to transcribe the recordings from the field. All I could hear was…

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Not Everyone’s Sold On Miyawaki Forests, The Global Sensation

The Miyawaki forestry method follows the practice of cultivating fast-growing groves of native vegetation in an area lacking trees. While…

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Environmentalists Concerned As Work On Tawi Riverfront Continues

Environmental activists have raised concerns about the government’s Tawi riverfront development project in Jammu and Kashmir stating that it poses…

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Environmentalists Revive Call To Declare Tiger Reserve In Goa

Incidents of tiger deaths in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa, in 2020, was a trigger for environmentalists to refresh their…

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Miles To Sail To Harness Offshore Wind

In recent months, the central government has introduced two policy measures to support the offshore wind sector, which generates electricity…

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Protecting Centuries-Old Trees: Haryana Village Opposes Govt Buildings

Some residents of a village in Haryana are opposing the proposed construction of government buildings on forest lands, home to…

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Living Off The Grid In The Southernmost District Of India

The geographical position of India is in the tropics. The sun shines brightly throughout the year, except for some days…

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How Climate Change Is Making Trees Bigger, But Also Weaker

As global temperatures rise, trees in colder areas are benefiting from an extended growing season. A longer growing season results…

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Data Set Details Locations And Scale Of Mining Sites Worldwide

Every vehicle on the road you can hear outside, the rechargeable battery in your headphones, and the phone or computer…

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“Justice” Takes Centrestage In The Latest Earth Commission Report

The latest Earth Commission Report attached a “justice” framework to its earlier discourse of “safe” planetary boundaries, which are the…

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The Economy Doesn’t Have To Only Benefit The Rich. Here’s How

We live in a wasteful society — many of us consume heavily in ways that exploit people at the end…

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Humans Exceeded 7 Of 9 ‘Safe Limits’ For Life On Earth: Study

Source: IANS Humans have crossed seven of the nine "safe limits" that allow for human life on earth, according to…

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Book Review: A Deep Dive Into The Imbalances Of Climate Justice In India

The book, Climate Justice in India, a collection of insightful and well-researched articles by a dozen of the finest scholars…

3 years ago
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The Hidden Side Of Human-Elephant Conflicts: Orphaned Calves

It’s been about two months since The Elephant Whisperers won the best documentary short film award at the Oscars and…

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Kolkata’s Rabindra Sarobar: Experts Concerned Over Dipping Water Level

Source: PTI The water level of Rabindra Sarobar in south Kolkata’s Dhakuria area has gone down drastically in the past…

3 years ago
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Green Accounting For A Blue Economy

In March 2023, at the second meeting of the Environment and Climate Sustainability Working Group (ECSWG), delegates deliberated on the…

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