Months after cyclone Tauktae, the destruction left behind still haunts a village near Mumbai

The storm, followed by an oil spill from a stranded barge, has impacted the lives and livelihood of the fishing community in Palghar’s Mahim village.

Dhwani Shah

· Aug 26, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Was the ship fire in Sri Lankan waters an avoidable environmental disaster?

After a nitric acid leak aboard the X-Press Pearl, Hamad Port in Qatar and Hazira Port in Gujarat had refused the ship’s request to discharge the container.

Claudio Bozzi, The Conversation

· Jul 12, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Assam, biodiversity loss due to the Baghjan oil blowout could take at least a decade to recover

A probe report recommends nature-based solutions such as planting trees to remediate the greenhouse gas emissions from the disaster.

Roopak Goswami

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Sahana Ghosh

· Jul 07, 2021 · 07:30 pm

China is building a coal power plant in Bangladesh despite protests by civil society

The project in Barguna district threatens livelihoods and the hilsa population.

Abu Siddique

· May 02, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In just 14 years, the world has lost forest land more than twice the size of Karnataka

Satellite-based assessments by the World Wildlife Fund found 4.3 crore hectares of deforestation between 2004 and 2017.

Mongabay.com

· Jan 27, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Gauhati HC stays environmental clearance to Oil India for drilling inside Dibru Saikhowa park

The park is one of the two ecologically fragile areas flanking the Baghjan oil field, where a massive blowout took place in May.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 08, 2020 · 12:50 pm

Deforestation in Amazon shoots up to 12-year high in 2020

Environmentalists blamed President Jair Bolsonaro’s policies for the destruction of the rainforest.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 01, 2020 · 05:49 pm

Exempting oil and gas projects from public hearings may lead to more accidents like Baghjan blowout

Public hearings, a platform where local residents express their views on projects, were mandatory for all exploration and development projects till January.

Meenakshi Kapoor, IndiaSpend.com

· Nov 13, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Katte and Kunte: The smaller, lesser-known water bodies that Bengaluru is losing to concrete

While 20% of Bengaluru’s lakes have been encroached on, the largest losses are seen among gokattes and kuntes, water bodies smaller than three acre.

Mohit M Rao

· Oct 19, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Embankments meant to prevent floods in Bihar have caused more damage than good

This year, 1,333 villages in 16 districts were flooded, affecting 8.4 million people in the state.

Manoj Singh

· Oct 06, 2020 · 07:30 pm

After Assam oilfield fire, a central agency sought a review of environmental clearances to Oil India

A report obtained under Right to Information reveals poor management of oil spills and poor emergency response readiness.

Rishika Pardikar, IndiaSpend.com

· Sep 17, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Oil tanker catches fire again off Sri Lankan coast, says Indian Navy

By September 5 morning, several agencies had together contained the fire and tugged it about 40 nautical miles into the deep sea and away from land.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 07, 2020 · 08:32 pm