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An immediate ban on single-use items like straws and cotton buds. would be more effective than a gradual phase-out, the study found.

Banning problematic plastics may save the world up to $8 trillion by 2040

Akshit Sangomla

9 hours ago

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Projected savings include reduced plastic waste management costs, lower emissions and fewer social and environmental impacts

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An immediate ban on single-use items like straws and cotton buds. would be more effective than a gradual phase-out, the study found.

Banning problematic plastics may save the world up to $8 trillion by 2040

Akshit Sangomla

9 hours ago

4 min read

National Marine Litter Policy: Need to tackle inland plastic waste, say experts at CSE workshop

National Marine Litter Policy: Need to tackle inland plastic waste, say experts at CSE workshop

07 Jul 2025

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 4, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 4, 2025)

07 Jul 2025

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 12, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 2, 2025)

03 Jul 2025

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Daily Court Digest Major environment orders (May 27, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 1, 2025)

02 Jul 2025

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Kariyachalli Island is home to one of the four major coral reefs in India.

Tamil Nadu races to save sinking Kariyachalli island with 8,500 artificial reefs

Himanshu Nitnaware

02 Jul 2025

3 min read

Seabed exploration: As Canadian company files application, new studies warn of grave threats to marine life

Seabed mining: As Canadian company files application, new studies warn of grave threats to marine life

Rohini Krishnamurthy

25 Jun 2025

3 min read

UN countries form global science panel on chemical pollution, but fail to back health protections

UN countries form global science panel on chemical pollution, but fail to back health protections

Rohini Krishnamurthy

23 Jun 2025

4 min read

Interviews

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

17 Feb 2025

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

Ngala Killian Chimtom

11 Feb 2025

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

14 Jan 2025

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

11 Jan 2025

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

20 Dec 2024

‘Multinational companies think they are above the law’

‘Multinational companies think they are above the law’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

18 Dec 2024

‘Chemicals being invented, released too rapidly for scientists to track’

‘Chemicals being invented, released too rapidly for scientists to track’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

17 Dec 2024

The ‘Ateshgah’ in Baku was actually a Jvala Mukhi temple dedicated to Goddess Durga and maintained by Indian merchants during the 17th-19th centuries. It was often mistaken to be a Zoroastrian fire temple by visitors.

One of the most significant Indian merchant communities during the 17th-19th centuries was in Baku: Scott Cameron Levi

15 Nov 2024

India would be an environmental disaster zone even if climate change did not exist: Ramachandra Guha

India would be an environmental disaster zone even if climate change did not exist: Ramachandra Guha

29 Oct 2024

Future languages will be less ‘auditory’ and more ‘pictorial’: G N Devy

Future languages will be less ‘auditory’ and more ‘pictorial’: G N Devy

22 Oct 2024

Lalit Kumar

International Translation Day 2024: Fractured or not, the world will always need good translators, says Lalit Kumar

30 Sep 2024

‘The project will facilitate physical and cultural decimation of indigenous people’

‘The project will facilitate physical and cultural decimation of indigenous people’

21 Sep 2024

Blog

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why

07 Jul 2025

4 min read

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast — and the rate has doubled in 20 years

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast — and the rate has doubled in 20 years

Steven Sherwood

30 Jun 2025

4 min read

Entangled livelihoods: Jellyfish blooms and the fall of traditional fishing in Kerala backwaters

Entangled livelihoods: Backwater conservation, gear repair subsidies can help Kerala’s traditional fishers deal with jellyfish blooms

27 Jun 2025

7 min read

Twin shipwrecks off Kerala show maritime laws ignore environment and fisherfolk

Twin shipwrecks off Kerala show maritime laws ignore environment and fisherfolk

Mohammed Irshad

27 Jun 2025

4 min read

Land acquisition for rivers can help maintain small watersheds critical for India's river systems

Land acquisition for rivers can help maintain India’s critical small watersheds

25 Jun 2025

4 min read

Rocks vs bombs: How subsurface geology shapes survivality of underground targets

Rocks vs bombs: Fordow & Natanz show how subsurface geology shapes survivality of underground targets

24 Jun 2025

3 min read

Videos

India’s sky threat: AI 171 Ahmedabad crash sparks focus on bird strikes

India’s sky threat: AI 171 Ahmedabad crash sparks focus on bird strikes

19 Jun 2025

1 min read

Kashmir’s new rail link sparks celebration and concern

Kashmir’s new rail link sparks celebration and concern

14 Jun 2025

1 min read

David Attenborough turns 99: His latest film ‘Ocean’ talks about how Earth’s most important place can bounce back

David Attenborough turns 99: His latest film ‘Ocean’ talks about how Earth’s most important place can bounce back

08 May 2025

1 min read

Remembering Pope Francis and his legacy of environmental advocacy

Remembering Pope Francis and his legacy of environmental advocacy

24 Apr 2025

1 min read

Earth Day 2025: Clean Energy Movement gives hope for our 'Pale Blue Dot'

Earth Day 2025: Clean Energy Movement gives hope for our 'Pale Blue Dot'

21 Apr 2025

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Three poets recite their poems on migration and its effects

Three poets recite their poems on migration and its effects

08 Mar 2025

1 min read

AAD 2025: Dr Donthi Narsimha Reddy talks about how pesticide overuse is harming India’s land and health

AAD 2025: Dr Donthi Narsimha Reddy talks about how pesticide overuse is harming India’s land and health

27 Feb 2025

1 min read

Live Stream: Panel discussion on ‘Anti-environmentalism in a climate-risked, de-globalised world’

Live Stream: Panel discussion on ‘Anti-environmentalism in a climate-risked, de-globalised world’

26 Feb 2025

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Books

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

15 Feb 2025

In leading role again

In leading role again

Aditya Zharotia

21 Dec 2024

Recap 2024: Narratives

Recap 2024: Narratives

16 Dec 2024

Book Excerpt: Another day in Paradise

Book Excerpt: Another day in Paradise

09 Nov 2024

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Switch from wooden to steel ploughs encapsulates Uttarakhand farmer’s quiet rebellion against deforestation

Switch from wooden to steel ploughs encapsulates Uttarakhand farmer’s quiet rebellion against deforestation

24 Apr 2025

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Earthen embrace: Thatched mud houses provide cool comfort from Thar desert's scorching heat

Earthen embrace: Rajasthan's thatched mud houses provide cool comfort from scorching heat

23 Apr 2025

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