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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.

AP Photo/Dino Hazell
A naked biker poses for photos as other participants ride past during the Philly Naked Bike Ride in Philadelphia. The event was organized to protest dependence on fossil fuels, adv...

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Madhav Gadgil

Photograph by Apoorva Salkade
Life Savers

Tree-hugging, literally, in Nauroji Nagar on June 24

Photograph by PTI
Wreathed In Black

Smoke billows from the site of protests against the Sterlite unit in Thoothukudi

Photograph by PTI
Environmental activists, including Indigenous Peoples (IPs), form the word "Defend Our Rights! during a rally at the Department of Justice to demand the Philippine government withd...

AP Photo/Bullit Marquez
Union Minister of Science & Technology and Environment Dr. Harsh Vardhan and Under Secretary General of United Nations Erik Solheim, during the announcement of India as global host...

PTI Photo
Union Minister of Science & Technology and Environment Dr. Harsh Vardhan during an event to announce India as global host for World Environment Day 2018, in New Delhi.

PTI Photo
Final Fight

A Sunderban village presents its last leg to the sea

Photograph by Sandipan Chatterjee
Visitors enjoy the installation 'Ambiente spaziale' (Space Ambient), at the 'Environments' exhibition by artist Lucio Fontana, at the Hangar Bicocca, in Milan, Italy. The exhibitio...

AP Photo/Luca Bruno
Rank Matters

A putrid stretch of the Adi Ganga behind the Kalighat temple

Photograph by Sandipan Chatterjee
Fetid End

A polluted Adi Ganga flows into the Hooghly in Calcutta

Photograph by Sandipan Chatterjee
Former Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh and Observer Research Foundation Chairman Sudheendra Kulkarni during a press conference on 'Paris climate Change Pact', in Mumbai.

PTI Photo by Mitesh Bhuvad
Anand Mahindra (R), Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra Group and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the Mahindra Hariyali initiative, in Mumbai.

PTI Photo by Mitesh Bhuvad
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis planting a sapling during the Mahindra Hariyali initiative, in Mumbai.

PTI Photo by Mitesh Bhuvad
Students hold placards during an environmental awareness march held to mark the 440th Foundation Day in Amritsar.

PTI Photo

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Putting An Abrupt Stop To Crop Burning Is An Impossible Aspiration

Driven desperate by the smog cycle, north India wants the field fires doused, but it will take more time

Oct 24, 2018

| Martand Badoni
Grow With Roots In The Earth | By Madhav Gadgil

Kerala must now aim for harmonious development, taking into account natural, human and social capital—and do so by deepening democracy

Aug 30, 2018

| Madhav Gadgil
Aerodrome Project On Chilika Lake Sparks Ecological Fears

An aerodrome project on the Chilika lake has sparked ecological fears

Aug 22, 2018

| Sandeep Sahu
Quest For A Green Truth | By Medha Patkar

Madhav Gadgil’s vision and work put people’s rights and justice at the centre of saving the environment, writes social activist Medha Patkar.

Aug 08, 2018

| Medha Patkar
Why Darjeeling Tea Is Losing Its Aroma

Political instability, workers’ exodus and climate change are robbing Darjeeling tea of its pre-eminence

Jul 18, 2018

| Probir Pramanik
This Planter Doesn’t Stop The Elephants

As a child, Tenzing survived a militant attack on his family. He went on to pioneer elephant-friendly tree plantations.

Jul 11, 2018

| Abdul Gani
No Fish In Water Vapour: In Gujarat, Fishermen Are Suffering Due To Narmada Waters

The Narmada waters politics and industry while farmers and fishermen suffer in Gujarat

Jul 04, 2018

| Ushinor Majumdar
Massacre Of Delhi’s Trees In The Name Of Development

About 11,000 trees had already been cut—fallen soldiers in a grim battle with ‘development’—before the Delhi High Court moved in with a last-minute stay on June 25.

Jun 27, 2018

| Malavika Kodiyath
Thoothukudi Tragedy: Listeners Peddling Narratives Of Violence

The Thoothukudi tragedy was reported through routine, cynical obscenities. Pollution is normal, while protests pollute the body politic.

Jun 27, 2018

| Shiv Visvanathan
Graveyard Of A Land

An insatiable sea licks away the Sunderbans, leaving lakhs of lives at water’s edge

Jan 04, 2018

| Dola Mitra

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Ozone Layer Finally Healing After Damage Caused By Aerosols, Says UN

Actions under the Montreal Protocol over last more than 30 years have led to sustainable decreases in the atmospheric abundance of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) like CFCs.

Nov 07, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Environmentalists Said That There Is Nothing Like Green-Firecrackers

With Diwali knocking at the door, environmentalists are doubtful about the green court’s decision to use fire crackers which has limited noise and emits less pollution. They said that nothing like this exists!

Oct 24, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Nepal Aims To Reduce Petrol Dependency By 50 Percent Till 2050

Nepal's overall national goal is to reduce dependence on imported petroleum products by 50 per cent or even more by the year 2050.

Oct 24, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
G D Agarwal Death: Agarwal Community Slams PM Modi For 'Exploiting' River Ganga

In a letter to Modi, Akhil Bharatiya Agrawal Sammelan (ABAS) National Secretary Summan R. Agrawal said that environmentalist G.D. Agrawal died on October 9 after a 111-day-long protest for the cause of Ganga.

Oct 15, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Asia’s First Dolphin Research Centre To Commence In Patna

National Dolphin Research Centre is likely to be set up on the banks of River Ganga in Patna University premises

Oct 03, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Why Cochin Airport Does Not Deserve UN's 'Champions of the Earth' Award

The “Champions of the Earth” is the highest environmental honour awarded by the United Nations.

Sep 28, 2018

| Minu Ittyipe
Intelligence Genes In Humans Get Affected By Environment

According to the researchers environmentally- induced epigenetic changes, such as stress and adverse life experiences can affect intelligence genes in humans

Sep 26, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Gujarat Forms 64 Teams To Rescue Sick Lions In Gir

64 teams comprising more than 270 personnel deployed to scan the vast Gir forest in order to identify sick lions and shift them to rescue centres, immediately.

Sep 25, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Why Target Jay Panda When Naveen And His Colleagues Also Flew Over Chilika?

Was the move prompted by politics rather than any real concern for ecology? Clearly, there is more to the case than meets the eye.

Sep 18, 2018

| Sandeep Sahu
NGOs Spread Myths, Planned Closure Of Tuticorin Copper Smelter, Alleges CEO

Ramnath said a myth was spread that Tuticorin is the cancer capital of Tamil Nadu and every death that happens in the district is linked to Sterlite Copper.

Jul 17, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau