Arsenic-laced water kills over one million in India’s Ganga basin

October 27, 2020

Over thirty years since high levels of arsenic was found in groundwater in West Bengal, little has been done to avert a slow-burn health crisis

Caste tensions at depleted Kanwar lake ahead of Bihar elections

October 26, 2020

Kanwar lake in north-east India was once a thriving ecosystem that supported migrating birds and fishing communities, but it has been devastated by government neglect and encroachment

Concerns as snow and common leopards turn competitors

October 23, 2020

As climate change forces snow leopards to lower altitudes, they encounter new threats including from common leopards moving upwards for the same reason – a report on World Snow Leopard Day

Medicinal plants disappearing in Jammu and Kashmir

October 22, 2020

The Kashmir Himalayas contain plants with properties found nowhere else on Earth, but illegal trade and climate change are pushing species to extinction

Indigenous rights undermined for hydropower in Himachal Pradesh

October 21, 2020

Villagers in the northern Indian state say they have been left out of a crucial decision on the second and third stage of a hydropower project with huge environmental risks

Opinion: Government proposal will worsen India’s creaky EIA system

October 20, 2020

Environmental Impact Assessment rules in India were already geared towards damage management, not sustainable development