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April 16, 2026

Protests Halt an Iron Ore Mine That Would Have Split a Tiger Corridor

After weeks of hunger strikes and protests, the Maharashtra government temporarily halted the Lohardongri iron ore minin…

April 14, 2026

In the Land of Mowgli, Women Are Becoming Forest Guides

At Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra — the forest that is said to have inspired Kipling’s The Jungle Book — women from …

April 06, 2026

Mumbai plans to cut 45,000 Mangroves for phase 2 of the Coastal Road. SC refuses to intervene.

45,000+ mangroves across 103 hectares will need to be affected for the 26-km Versova–Mira Bhayandar coastal road, which …

April 01, 2026

Galathea Bay on the Great Nicobar Island has seen record nesting of Leatherback turtles; then why are environmentalists not celebrating?

Sea turtles, especially endangered Leatherbacks, have nested in record numbers at Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar Island l…

March 31, 2026

Badhai Ho! A Great Indian Bustard Is Born

A chick of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard hatched in Gujarat—the first one born in the wild in over a de…

March 28, 2026

Maharashtra's latest effort to control leopard-human conflict with birth-control

Junnar (Pune district) has ~7 leopards per 100 sq km, which is similar to the density of leopards in the Tadoba tiger re…

March 26, 2026

India's New Climate Targets for 2035

India just announced its climate commitments for 2031-2035. The key points are:

March 24, 2026

Navi Mumbai’s lakes turn too toxic for Flamingos

Flamingos are seen in Mumbai every winter, as part of their annual migration. The Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary is the …

March 20, 2026

The Dark Side of Solar: Why Rajasthan's Villagers are fighting a Solar Project

A group of villagers started a 700 km march in January from Jaisalmer to Jaipur to stop solar parks from swallowing thei…

March 17, 2026

Two Kilos of Soil worth Rs 68 Lakh: The Maharashtra Village That Struck Biodiversity Gold

Dapur is a village near Nashik with a population of ~8,000.

January 15, 2026

Devastating fire in the Valley of flowers, triggered by an unusually dry winter

Uttarakhand and the wider Central Himalayan region are experiencing an unusually dry winter marked by a near absence of …

November 20, 2025

Supreme Court Reversed Post-Facto Environmental Clearance Ban

In May 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that retrospective (post-facto) environmental clearances — approvals granted after …

April 15, 2025

Citizen Action Saved a Forest in Hyderabad

The government proposed auctioning 400 acres of forested Kancha Gachibowli land in Hyderabad, triggering massive student…

February 20, 2025

Purnima Devi Barman Named in TIME's 2025 Women of the Year

Dr. Purnima Devi Barman received recognition from TIME magazine for conserving the greater adjutant stork in Assam, lift…

January 10, 2025

More than 1,100 Dead Olive Ridley Turtles Washed Ashore

Over 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles appeared on Tamil Nadu beaches during the species' nesting season (September throug…