Pits dug on the beach serve as freshwater source for fishing villages near Mimisal in Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu; residents say they are a surviving link to the community’s history, tradition, and resilience; they raise quality concerns over littering
India has invested considerably in predicting the weather and the climate and the results have been paying off handsomely in terms of protecting lives and livelihoods. This particular mechanism is crucial to sustain economic growth and stay on track for ‘Viksit Bharat’
Demonstrators say the project backed by Donald Trump's son-in-law would harm a protected environment.
The Wayanad Prakrithi Samrakshana Samiti alleges that unregulated tourism continues unabated in the mountain ranges even after the devastating Puthumala landslide in 2024
Climate costs ignored in development projects; ‘win-win’ model can avoid conflicts over tree felling, says MGP’s Bhamy V. Shenoy in letter to Chief Minister
The new government should prioritise and accelerate climate action in the State
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka seeks Centre’s positive consideration to request for financial support to the State
Farmers say that the area for the proposed stadium lies in proximity to the Karadikkal-Mahadeshwara wildlife corridor, and that building a huge stadium in this area will have a serious and adverse impact on the environment and wildlife
In his X post, Congress Leader Jairam Ramesh said that the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve is now hugely endangered because of “the ill-conceived, commercially-driven Great Nicobar Island Project being bulldozed through by the Modi government”
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams reaches 89.40% green cover in Seshachalam Hills; Chief Minister hails effort to protect forest wealth and restore native species
The skill is becoming necessary in a world with growing pollution concerns, says a biodiversity conservation group that has started the initiative.
The Central government has been citing strategic interests for going ahead, for which the Congress leader has suggested alternative means in a letter the Defence Minister
Residents alleged that repeated complaints over foul-smelling effluents, groundwater contamination, crop damage, destruction of aquatic life and adverse health impacts had failed to evoke any meaningful response from the authorities
A Chinese company is turning the emissions from a coal-fired power plant into fertiliser, expanding the application of a technology that could make both carbon capture and food cheaper. A report published on Monday by China Electric Power News cited a person involved in the project as saying that “flue gas enters from one end of the pipe, and fertiliser comes out from the other end”. China Electric Power News is a newspaper under the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top...
A humpback whale that underwent a rescue operation in Germany two weeks ago after beaching itself there has been found dead near a Danish island, officials said on Saturday. “It can now be confirmed that the stranded humpback whale near Anholt is the same whale that was previously stranded in Germany and was the subject of rescue attempts,” said Jane Hansen, division head at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. The whale, dubbed “Timmy” in German media, was initially spotted stuck on a...
Principal Secretary of Department of Forest, Environment and Ecology Srinivasulu said that despite high ecological and scientific significance of the Western Ghats, commoners living around Western Ghats were yet to fully appreciate its value for the future of humanity.
"Lot of things are happening there. We are getting feedback and it is quite disturbing," the CJI observed
The sanctuary, spread across Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, is India’s first and only tri-State riverine protected area
The Bench of Justices directed that no Khejri trees shall be felled for the solar power project without prior approval in accordance with the law
Ships have rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope since 2023 to avoid conflicts in the Middle East.
Mr. Ramesh highlighted that security experts have written that the country's essential security needs can be met without inflicting such "ecological devastation"
Nearly 15 lakh tonnes of construction and demolition waste may have accumulated in the area over the years, so much that even under ideal conditions, clearing it could take more than a year
Cut trees, save the nation: gifting the island to a dani can’t be worse than handing over the Indian Ocean to China