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Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar poses for photographs while taking a round after unveiling an 'urban forest', developed by CAG of India,...

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Members of the "Red Rebel Brigade" take part in a performance on the Oberbaum Bridge during a protest action at the end of the nationwide action week of the environmental protectio...

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Activists of Fridays for Future movement placed protest posters for climate protection in front the German parliament building the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany. Because of the cont...

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School children teachers and activists walk in a procession aimed at creating awareness on protecting the environment in Kolkata.

AP Photo/Bikas Das
An Indian activist rides a motorcycle with posters as he leads a procession aimed at creating awareness on protecting the environment in Kolkata, India. Poster on right reads, "wat...

AP Photo/Bikas Das
Mahadevi Birla World Academy students take pledge for environment, sustainability and recycling during a campaign in Kolkata. Around 2000 students from various schools of Kolkata p...

PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg celebrates her 17th birthday by attending the weekly "Fridays For Future" climate strike outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, ...

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Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar (C) along with officials releases the 'India State of Forest Report 2019, in New Delhi.

PTI Photo/Atul Yadav
An aerial view of the Metro-car shed area, where environment conservation activists have been opposing the cutting of trees by the authorities, in Mumbai

PTI Photo/Mitesh Bhuvad
School students participate in an awareness rally against the use of plastic, in Agartala

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School Children take part in rally to create awareness among people about threats of plastic pollution in Karad,Maharashtra

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Climate protesters demonstrate outside Ministry of Environment. Protesters around the world joined rallies as a day of worldwide demonstrations calling for action against climate c...

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Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Prakash Javadekar addresses a press conference of the COP 14 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP1...

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Environmental activists wear masks depicting leaders of France, from left, Germany, South Korea, Japan, United States and Canada during a protest against coal usage as world leader...

AP Photo/Jae C. Hong
Environmentalists wave to welcome dragon boat racers as they take part in a fluvial protest against the planned reclamation projects to be built in different areas off Manila Bay i...

AP Photo/Bullit Marquez
Smog visible below street lights near Panipat

Photograph by Tribhuvan Tiwari
Smoke rising from a field on fire

Photograph by Tribhuvan Tiwari
A farmer burns paddy stubble in Karnal district

Photograph by Tribhuvan Tiwari
A man and his dog on Market St. approach City Hall during the Philly Naked Bike Ride in Philadelphia. The event was organized to protest dependence on fossil fuels, advocate for th...

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Bicyclist Olivia Neely gets a message advocating for less consumption of fossil fuels painted on her back at the Philly Naked Bike Ride in Philadelphia.

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EIA Draft Must Be Withdrawn To Stop 'Environmental Destruction': Rahul Gandhi

On Sunday, Rahul Gandhi had urged people to protest the new EIA 2020 draft, saying it was 'dangerous' and, if notified, the long term consequences would be 'catastrophic'.

Aug 10, 2020

| PTI
Police Slap UAPA On Website Campaigning Against Draft Environment Rules; Later Say 'Erroneous'

The Delhi Police took action on a complaint lodged by Javadekar after he received over a lakh mails on his personal email account.

Jul 24, 2020

| PTI
Busting Old Myths About Proteins

If you thought protein only came from a non-vegetarian diet, here's some news for you

Jun 25, 2020

| Sethu Vaidyanathan & Parag Agarwal
'Nonchalantly Violated Law': Assam's Pollution Control Board Asks OIL To Close Operations At Explosion Site

The oil well at Bhaghjan exploded on May 27 and continued to leak condensate and oil putting the area in danger and later caught a devastating fire on June 9.

Jun 21, 2020

| Abdul Gani
Baghjan Oil Well Explosion: No Amount Of Compensation Can Recover What Has Been Lost

The Baghjan episode is an example of careless and indifferent attitude of the companies towards villagers living in the neighbourhood and environmental impact in the surrounding areas.

Jun 11, 2020

| Dr Anwaruddin Choudhury
Kerala Elephant May Have Accidentally Consumed Cracker-Filled Fruit: Environment Ministry

The pregnant elephant in Kerala consumed a pineapple filled with powerful firecrackers which exploded in its mouth in the Silent Valley forest. It died in the Velliyar River a week later on May 27.

Jun 08, 2020

| PTI
In The Land Of Ganesha, Elephants Imperiled By Human Need And Greed

First it was the ivory trade that led to rampant elephant poaching. Now, as India presses ahead with its goal of growth, fragmented habitats lead the elephants into increasing conflicts with humans.

Jun 08, 2020

| Rathin Banerjee
'Killing Lungs Of Northeast': Rapper Sings On Coal Mining In Assam's Dehing Patkai Forest

The government's move to allow mining at Dehing Patkai has led to protests all across Assam.

Jun 06, 2020

| Abdul Gani
UK-India Join Hands To Cope With Climate Change Distress

Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth emerged in 2016 from collaboration between the UK Govt and the Ministry of Rural Development in India. One of the central objectives of ICRG is to embed climate resilient strategies in the implementation of MGNERGA – the world’s largest social protection scheme.

Jun 05, 2020

| Outlook Web Bureau
Food System By The Numbers: Prepare To Be Startled

It's time to align our diets with the environment, or face the consequences

May 01, 2020

| Nidhi Joshi

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Mine Your Own Business: Centre's Push For Self-Sufficiency In Coal Revives Debate Over Cost Of Development

The Centre may hope that opening up the coal blocks for commercial exploitation will bring in swift financial benefits for the country’s stagnating economy. However, will the gains really be worth the ecological and human cost they’ll extract?

Jun 26, 2020

| Puneet Nicholas Yadav
Dead Xihu’s Tears: Oil India’s Gas Well Blowout In Assam Puts People, Wildlife In Danger

Inability of Oil India Ltd to plug a gas leak after a blowout in a well in eastern Assam prompted authorities to relocate nearly 2,500 residents away from the site recently.

Jun 05, 2020

| Abdul Gani
In Quest For ‘Black Gold’, Why Dehing Patkai, Amazon Of The East, Is Gasping For Life

Coal India Limited has been mining in the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary since 2003. As it seeks further clearances, opposition intensifies

May 29, 2020

| Abdul Gani
Bangalore's 200 Lakes: How A Boon Became A Bane

Litigation over the upkeep of Bangalore's lakes within its municipal limits is a perennial issue, encroachment and sewage inflow being the main challenges

Dec 04, 2019

| Ajay Sukumaran
A Plastic Chokehold

About two months after the buzz about a national ban on single-use plastics made headlines, the government has come up with the semblance of a definition for ‘single-use plastic’ and a time-frame for phasing it out.

Nov 28, 2019

| Siddhartha Mishra
Subansiri Hydel Project: Disaster On The Cards?

After a eight-year gap, work on the Subansiri dam has resumed much to the unhappiness of activists. Project cost has spiraled from Rs 6,900 crore in 2005 to 20,469 crore in 2019!

Nov 13, 2019

| Abdul Gani
Diversity Is The Challenge

Nutrition security for all demands equity as the cornerstone of development

Aug 14, 2019

| K. Srinath Reddy
OPINION | Bureaucratic Hurdles And Mismanagement Of Water Resources Recipes For Disaster

Vested interests and the absence of a people-oriented approach have led to repeated destruction like floods. How often are we going to ignore our constitutional rights, asks Madhav Gadgil

Jul 25, 2019

| Madhav Gadgil
OPINION | 'In Deep Freeze? From Fish To Hydrocarbons, India Have A Lot To Claim In Antarctica'

While India has no territorial claims over Antarctica, strategic and geopolitical interests over the two polar areas of the world cannot be ruled out, feels Rasik Ravindra

Jul 25, 2019

| Rasik Ravindra
OPINION | 'The Current Of Destruction Is Strong, Even The Ganga Has Not Been Spared For Political Gains'

Siddharth Agarwal, who walks along rivers across India, feels the common man is being left in the lurch as urban desires will not solve the core issues confronting the rivers of India

Jul 25, 2019

| Siddharth Agarwal
Why Our Water Makes Us Cry?

Acute shortages, increased demand, huge damages due to annual floods and droughts, and extreme contamination define the looming water scarcity

Jul 25, 2019

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Kaziranga Loves A Good Flood

Kaziranga exists because of the floods; they are the lifeblood of this 430 square km protected area, a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Jul 25, 2019

| Abdul Gani