In what could have serious ramifications including on public health, an in-depth investigation carried out by New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has…
By - Seema Sharma/thethirdpole.net
(As a massive road-widening project continues to roll through the Indian state of Uttarakhand, residents battle landslides, and the future of the…
By - Athar Parvaiz/thethirdpole.net
(The authorities target encroachments on the Jhelum’s floodplains ignoring its own buildings or permits to mine the riverbed)
Muzaffar Ahangar, of Kursu…
By - Rishika Pardikar/thethirdpole.net
(Years of unscientific ‘greening’ combined with recent land-use changes and erratic monsoons have destroyed grasslands in the Thar desert, threatening pastoralists’ way…
The Supreme Court on Thursday ‘dismissed as withdrawn’ a petition by the Union Environment ministry challenging the Delhi High Court order which had asked for…
By - Ann Rowan/thethirdpole.net
(New satellite data since 2010 has allowed scientists to more reliably predict how climate change will affect the Himalayas)
In the world…
By - Joydeep Gupta/thethirdpole.net
(Global experts say we shall gain many times what we spend by 2030 and unleash huge business opportunities)
If we protect 30%…