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Environment

Sustainability, climate change and environmental action; Policies, budgeting and developments that affect urban water and air quality, green cover and the commons.

Clear blue skies over the skyline of Bengaluru city
Environment

Air Pollution: More blue days than blue skies in India’s cities

September 8, 2023 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

Why we did not find much to celebrate in our cities on the United Nations’ International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies

Animal lovers hold up placards saying, be dear to our deer
Environment

Delhi deer park closure: Be dear to our deer, say city’s nature lovers

August 17, 2023 Verhaen Khanna

Nature lovers are aghast that over 600 deer, bred in captivity at the Delhi Deer Park, will now be released in forest areas to serve as prey.

Plastic and other marine litter washed off on the ocean coast.
Environment

Hot and thirsty? Let’s drink some…microplastics!

July 13, 2023 Laasya Shekhar

Microplastics – tiny plastic particles up to 5mm in diameter – are contaminating everything we consume. How? And what can we do about it?

A heap of multi-layered plastic packaging waiting to be sorted
Environment

Bans, clean-ups, recycling push: Why all of this has failed to beat plastic pollution

June 22, 2023 Pinky Chandran

Each of these is only a part of the jigsaw that must come together to eradicate plastic pollution. But where are the missing pieces?

Snow covered Shimla, a rare sight this year
Environment

As the weather goes topsy turvy, water is one of Shimla’s main worries

June 13, 2023 Ashwani Sharma

Besides erratic changes in weather, declining snow cover in river basins of Chenab, Beas, Ravi and Sutlej has led to a water crisis.

Uttarakhand Himalayan view
Environment

Himalayan weather patterns can cause shortage of food, water in Indo-Gangetic plains

May 24, 2023 Anoop Nautiyal

Scientists estimate that erratic weather patterns could have led to crop loss of up to 10 to 15% in the Ganges and Yamuna plains alone.

makeshift solution: Poles hold up rock slab in Joshimath
Environment

Uttarakhand: With no disaster management plan in place, earthquake fear stalks the state

March 8, 2023 S M A Kazmi

Experts fear a worst case scenario in case of a major natural disaster. The state government is ill prepared to meet such a calamity.

Haphazard construction in Dharamshala
Environment

That sinking feeling again: From Joshimath to Shimla via McLeodganj and Dharamshala

February 16, 2023 Ashwani Sharma

Earthquake is the new worry for towns like Dharamshala, McLeodganj and Shimla, all geologically unsafe and vulnerable to soil subsidence.

Joshimath. Bulldozing a building
Environment

Joshimath ignored all warnings since 1976; this is what scientists are saying now

January 31, 2023 S M A Kazmi

Geo-morphological evidence indicates that slopes around Joshimath are inherently fragile; Mussoorie and Nainital also at risk.

Women protest in Joshimath after landslip
Environment

Joshimath residents literally shivering in cold, fear of what the future holds 

January 27, 2023 S M A Kazmi

No one seems to be listening to the woes of the people of Uttarakhand who are continuously losing ground from under their feet, literally.

Dr Anil Joshi, Himalayan ecology
Environment

‘Mountain man’ Dr Anil Joshi: “There should be no aggressive development projects in the hills”

January 25, 2023 T R Gopalakrishnan

Hear ecologist Dr Anil Joshi as he shares several concerns and recommendations critical to preserving fragile hill ecology, as in Joshimath.

A polluted Delhi morning, as morning walkers take a stroll near the India Gate. (File photo)
Environment

Editorial: Delhi air alert — Breathing is seriously injurious to your health!

January 11, 2023 T R Gopalakrishnan

One senses a sudden smugness among those responsible for controlling Delhi air pollution, despite AQI reaching dangerous levels in the cold wave.

Devi Kunta Lake in Hyderabad
Environment

Gopanpally Tank in Hyderabad crying for help

January 6, 2023 Nishkal Tiwari

Like other big cities, Hyderabad too is losing its waterbodies to neglect, but watchful citizens are looking out for them.

Surat Entrereneur Jitubhai Varkharia (in specs) explaining emission trading
Environment

Surat showcases world’s first successful emission trading system

December 7, 2022 Darshan Desai

170 textile units in Surat are part of an emission trading initiative, which has brought down combined emissions footprint by 29%. Here’s how.

Delhi's rejuvenated Rajokri Lake
Environment

Rajokri Lake: From wasteland into model lake in just a year

November 24, 2022 Sri Krishna

Following the success at Rajokri Lake, Delhi Jal Board has identified 250 water bodies and 15 lakes for total transformation.

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