Why Tackling Air And Water Pollution In India Is Not Complex But Straightforward
Like clockwork, India’s northern areas, especially the National Capital Region (NCR), experience suffocating air pollution every winter, particularly between late...
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An Analysis: Indian Aviation’s Turbulent Path To Sustainability
India’s aviation industry is experiencing remarkable growth. The ambitious expansion plans of carriers like Air India and IndiGo are bound...
A Renewed Life For Past Ganesha Idols
Following an effort to encourage a zero-waste celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi, a network of organisations in Pune collected 12 tons...
A Green Pilgrimage Model That Balances Faith And Conservation
A long-term study to understand ways to balance conservation with religious practices, in three tiger reserves of India, has culminated...
Should Rural India Drink Urban Wastewater?!
It is early August and Kolar is shades of brown and green. Unexpected showers in the previous months have lifted...
Residents Reeling From Construction Projects In J&K Fear Lithium Mining
The announcement from India’s key scientific agency in February this year that it had found “inferred sources” of 5.9 million...
Warming Water, Pollution Amplify Fish Mortality In Kerala During Summer
Come summer, people start leaving bowls of water for birds, make sure to not leave pets in closed cars and...
Funds To Curb Pollution Remain Underutilised By Regulators
Ten state pollution control boards across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, which faces severe air pollution, have a surplus of funds each...
Rivers Are Still People In South Asia In Spite Of Court Showdown
Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution...
Mumbai Must Listen To Its Fishing Communities
Coastal cities and settlements are at the forefront of climate disruption. Rising sea levels, warmer seas and changes in rainfall...
Pollution: Over 23.5 Lakh Premature Deaths In India In 2019
India saw over 23.5 lakh premature deaths due to pollution of all types -- including 16.7 lakh fatalities caused by...
South Asia’s Toxic Battery Recycling Problem
Lakhan feels like he has won a lottery today. The 45-year-old scrap buyer has purchased a dead car battery from...
Hidden Water Crisis Behind India’s Dominance In Sugar Industry
On a cold morning in the early winter of 2019, Shekhar Chauhan reached his small sugarcane farm to start a...
Seen From The Sky: Polluted Waters Around The World
About 4 billion people experience severe water shortages for at least one month a year and around 1.6 billion people...
