A Coal Mine Reopens, Sparking Hope And Fear
After over a decade of dormancy, the Rajhara North coal mine in Jharkhand’s Palamu district has reopened under private ownership....
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Coal Dust Chokes Plants, Trees In Mining Areas
A recent study in Odisha used remote sensing and on ground sampling methods to find that coal dust impacts several...
Illegal Mining Imperils A Slender Loris Reserve
Walking along a pebble-strewn footpath to the Valayarumbu Aruvi waterfall in Tamil Nadu, we see two earth movers in an...
Goa Mining: New Regime, Bigger Challenges
The central and state governments have fast-tracked iron ore mining resumption in Goa Transportation of e-auctioned extracted ore from as-is-where-is...
“This Is In Honour Of The Adivasis Fighting For Their Land, Water, Forest”
Chhattisgarh-based environmental activist Alok Shukla was conferred the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for leading a community campaign to protect the...
Green Companies Deal In Electoral Bonds!
Some of the biggest purchasers of electoral bonds are involved in sectors like mining, infrastructure, and energy, holding government contracts...
Soil Degradation In India Spells Ruination For Millions Of People
Most states are affected by soil degradation. The worst are Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Restoring damaged...
Uniting Tech, Activism To Monitor Sand Mining In India
A West Bengal-based non-profit organisation has launched a new platform – India Sand Watch – which aims to monitor every...
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...
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...
Bauxite Mining In Jharkhand Impacting Is Soil Fertility, People’s Health
Dumbarpath is a tribal village in Gumla district of Jharkhand, a primary area of bauxite mining in India. Mining activities...
The River In North India Being Hollowed Out For Concrete
It was around 5 AM on 19 October 2021, dark, drizzling and cold in the foothills of the Himalayas. “A...
Monks On Hunger Strike For The Ganga
Millions of Hindu pilgrims have taken a dip in the holy Ganga in the past month, and millions more are...
Middle East Netanyahu fails to form new Israeli government; rival Gantz poised to take up the challenge
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday gave up his struggle to form a governing coalition after last...
