ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
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By financing environmentally damaging projects, can Indian funders be held liable?
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Deluge of sand and silt from Sikkim flood destroys farming, fishing downstream of Teesta river
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Manipur: Heavy fuel from power plant leaks into streams that meet Imphal River
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Joshimath continues to sink as the government plows ahead with giant projects
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A decade after the devastating Kedarnath floods, is the fragile region any safer?
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Mount Everest: As mass mountaineering peaks, it is time to reckon with its environmental impacts
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How the world’s chocolate habit has taken a massive toll on the cocoa-growing forests of West Africa
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Crores for construction, crores for disaster relief: India’s expensive Himalayan hydropower projects
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Why gold mining is one of the most destructive and unnecessary industries
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In Assam, new oil pipelines threaten protected forests and endangered species
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SC panel holds ex-Uttarakhand minister responsible for illegal construction in Corbett Tiger Reserve
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‘Pristine habitat’: 87 ex-bureaucrats ask President Droupadi Murmu to halt Great Nicobar project
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Joshimath crisis: Multi-disciplinary expert team to recommend measures, says PMO
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Uttarakhand government orders evacuation of 600 families from Joshimath
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Uttarakhand: Joshimath residents protest as homes develop cracks, evacuation underway
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Despite red flags, mega project on ecologically-sensitive Great Nicobar island gets green signal
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In maps: The extent of destruction being unleashed on the forests of Great Nicobar Island
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Tree plantation drives in the Himalayan desert can worsen the effects of climate change
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‘Where did Rs 399 crore go?’: As heavy rain sparks alarm, Kashmir’s flood management plans draw ire
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Explosives smuggled from India are facilitating blast fishing in Sri Lanka
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Indian government is about to irreparably damage the Great Nicobar Island with its mega project
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A river in Uttarakhand is being hollowed out for concrete
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Humans have breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, shows a new study
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Months after cyclone Tauktae, the destruction left behind still haunts a village near Mumbai
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Was the ship fire in Sri Lankan waters an avoidable environmental disaster?
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In Assam, biodiversity loss due to the Baghjan oil blowout could take at least a decade to recover
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China is building a coal power plant in Bangladesh despite protests by civil society
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In just 14 years, the world has lost forest land more than twice the size of Karnataka
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Gauhati HC stays environmental clearance to Oil India for drilling inside Dibru Saikhowa park
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Deforestation in Amazon shoots up to 12-year high in 2020
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Exempting oil and gas projects from public hearings may lead to more accidents like Baghjan blowout
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Katte and Kunte: The smaller, lesser-known water bodies that Bengaluru is losing to concrete
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Embankments meant to prevent floods in Bihar have caused more damage than good
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After Assam oilfield fire, a central agency sought a review of environmental clearances to Oil India
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Oil tanker catches fire again off Sri Lankan coast, says Indian Navy
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Fire aboard oil tanker off Sri Lanka contained with India’s help, one Filipino sailor dead
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Mauritius oil spill threatens to destroy its marine treasures. Could it have been avoided?
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Assam: Gauhati HC asks Centre, OIL to file response in plea against project in Dibru-Saikhowa park
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Mauritius oil spill: Anger over government’s handling as crisis continues
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Modi government shrunk eco-sensitive zones to make way for Oil India’s projects in Assam
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India’s largest power producer wants nitrous oxide emission norms for coal plants relaxed
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India is the fifth most vulnerable country to effects of climate change, says new report
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No stay order on Aarey metro depot project, interim order against tree felling to continue, says SC
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Maoists, missionaries and mullahs?: Meet the Mumbaikars arrested for protesting Aarey tree cutting
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Aarey: Mumbai Metro says 2,141 trees have been cut so far
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Mumbai: Opposition welcomes SC order, calls out government’s haste in cutting trees in Aarey Colony
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Aarey: Supreme Court asks Maharashtra government not to cut any more trees
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Aarey tree cutting: Supreme Court to hear urgent plea on Monday
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Aarey tree cutting: Mumbai court releases 29 people arrested for protests on conditional bail
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Mumbai Metro chief says cutting of trees in Aarey is destruction that is ‘inevitable’
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Aarey tree cutting: Prakash Ambedkar detained by police, asks people to maintain law and order
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‘Greed, hubris, foolishness’: Bollywood actors tweet against tree cutting in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony
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Aarey protests: Bombay High Court rejects second petition by activists to stop tree cutting
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Mumbai: At least 29 arrested for protesting against tree cutting in Aarey, Section 144 imposed
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Mumbai: Activists detained while protesting against tree cutting in Aarey forest
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Mumbai: Tree cutting begins in Aarey forest hours after High Court decision
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Mumbai: Bombay HC refuses to declare Aarey a forest area, clears tree-cutting for Metro project
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Amazon fires: 63 people arrested in Brazil, issued fines totalling $8.7 million
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Amazon wildfires: Brazil rejects G-7’s aid offer, advises it to use the money to reforest Europe
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Amazon wildfires: Brazil deploys military, G-7 leaders likely to discuss matter in France
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Amazon burning: France, Ireland threaten to block trade deal to increase pressure on Brazil
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Satellite images of Amazon fires indicate that land is probably being cleared for cattle pasture
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Amazon burning: Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro blames NGOs for wildfires ravaging rainforest
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Does the National Capital Region need another airport, even if it comes at great ecological cost?
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Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: 54,000 mangroves will be cut, says Maharashtra minister
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Why chicken bones will be the ultimate symbol of the Anthropocene era of human destruction of nature
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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urges Narendra Modi to stop Polavaram dam construction in Andhra Pradesh
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Sabarimala is not just a religious or political issue. It is also an environmental crisis
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Why land degradation in India has increased – and how to deal with it
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Delhi tree felling: Should bureaucrats or citizens plan the future of their cities?
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Australian authorities launch inquiry into groundwater bores at Adani coal mine: Reports
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On day of landslides, Karnataka sent letter refusing to set up survey vital for conservation plan
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Panchjanya project: Centre wants to bring Krishna’s mythological conch to Delhi
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Off the mark: National Crime Records Bureau data gives a misleading picture of environmental crime
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living responsible for damaging Yamuna floodplains, says NGT
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Illegal sand mining threatens winter habitat of black-necked Tibetan cranes in Tawang
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How Silicon Valley’ high-tech electronics industry wrecked California’s sylvan life
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Maharashtra to ban plastic bottles in all government offices, schools and colleges from March
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Bombay High Court agrees to examine whether city’s Aarey Colony can be saved from metro shed project
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New NGT panel contradicts earlier claim that Art of Living festival had destroyed Yamuna floodplains
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Banana farms in this Kerala block are being blamed for the death of babies
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Damage control: Why Uttarakhand saw few wildfires this year
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Don’t question expert panel report on Yamuna floodplains, green tribunal warns DDA
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NGT issues contempt notice to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar over comments on Yamuna floodplains
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Government and NGT are responsible for damaging Yamuna floodplains: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
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Art of Living destroyed Yamuna floodplains and it will take 10 years, Rs 13 crore to fix it: Panel
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Chennai oil spill: Fisheries minister says 20 tonnes of spillage left to be cleared, sea food safe
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Mysterious bird deaths, an oil spill: Two eco disasters last week that were barely reported
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Delhi pollution: Najeeb Jung lifts ban on construction, pushes trucks’ entry to the city to midnight
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Pollution crisis: Supreme Court reviewing plan to ban firecrackers in Delhi
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Pollution in charts: Smog blankets Delhi, several other cities as air quality worsens post Diwali
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Global wildlife declined by 58% between 1970 and 2012, could reach 67% by 2020: WWF report
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Watch: This timelapse video by NASA captures the horrifying shrinking of the Aral Sea
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NGT panel's report on damage to Yamuna floodplains is unscientific, lacks credibility: Art of Living
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Fighting floods: India needs to emphasise disaster prevention, not disaster management
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A Chennai fishing hamlet is the latest victim of coastal erosion in Tamil Nadu
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The Art of Living case illustrates how narrowly most urban Indians view the environment
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Art of Living pays remaining amount of fine imposed for damaging Yamuna floodplains
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In just 30 years, India has lost large forests to 23,716 industrial projects
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Clash of civilisations: India's ancient love for nature is losing out to modern disregard for it