Meghalaya joins the electric race
Meghalaya’s new electric vehicle policy is a good step forward. The next challenge is to set clear milestones and a timeline for ensuring …
October rainfall in Northeast ‘normal’ but not flash floods
According to environmentalists, the floods that crippled the region last month have been caused due to a number of anthropogenic reasons
Dumped in a pit
The 2014 National Green Tribunal ban has not only failed to contain rat-hole mining, but has also stopped the Meghalaya government from …
SC to hear PIL on trapped miners in Meghalaya tomorrow
The petition seeks the deployment of the Armed Forces and high capacity pumps to save the miners. It also seeks the formulation of a standard …
Tribals oppose uranium mining
Villagers, students, welfare organisations and opposition parties have come together and formed a council to protest the proposed mining and …
Meghalaya's lost treasure
Cement plants destroy India's largest cave system
Remembering Kong Spelity Lyngdoh Langrin: Money can’t buy you freedom
Filmmaker Tarun Bhartiya posted a thread on his Twitter handle about the late matriarch of Domiasiat in Meghalaya’s Khasi Hills, who …
Simply Put: Slothful climate adaptation
Illegal mining: Supreme Court orders Meghalaya to deposit Rs 100 crore
Move comes six months after mining disaster in the state
Why are we sweating in Shillong?
Because temperatures in India’s biodiversity hotspot are on the rise
Careless losses
Rat-Hole Mining in Sutgna village, Jaintia Hills
New frog species found in Meghalaya Siju cave
A team of researchers from Zoological Survey of India found Amolops siju in Siju cave in 2020
Monsoon 2022: The North East may be deluged, but the west coast is dry; here is why
A combination of different climatic factors is bringing more moisture to the northeastern region, while taking moisture away from the western …
India needs to set a new conservation agenda for mahseer
Historical misidentification, release into wrong areas as well as dam construction, all are imperilling this most iconic of Asia’s …
'Rat-hole coal mining must be discontinued'
There is no such thing as environmentally acceptable and safe rat-hole coal mining
This UN report shows green laws remain in books
Poor implementation of environmental laws is now a global problem, says the report that demystifies the reasons behind the failure
Nature’s timeless abode
With a rich natural and cultural heritage, meghalaya’s mawphlang sacred grove never ceases to surprise visitors
Monsoon begins to withdraw from India
The south-west monsoon has already withdrawn from some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and most of Rajasthan
Fears raised over private coal-mining plan
A private firm, Eastern ANning Ud, is scheduled to boon large-scale operations in a sao" already ravaged by several small mining ventures. …
Trees are our only livelihood
Meghalaya's west Khasi hills. He shares with Centre for Science and Environment media fellow P Madhavan his experience of the charcoal trade
Rice that binds
Meghalaya asked to pay Rs 100 crore over illegal mining
Following a judicial committee report on violations to the ban on rat-hole mining, National Green Tribunal imposes a fine on state government
Mined to death: an elegy for the rivers of Meghalaya
The rivers in the Jaintia Hills have turned deep blue; mines and cement factories have killed all fish and aquatic life in them
NGT retains ban on mining in Meghalaya
The state has lost Rs 600 crore in revenues as a result of the ban, says the chief minister