AboutArticles by Meena Janardhan

India achieves 10% ethanol blending target in petrol

07 Jun 2022

On World Environment Day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India has achieved the target of 10% ethanol blending in petrol five months before deadline. Making the announcement...

Agroforestry benefits Indian farmers and climate

31 May 2022

A new World Resources Institute (WRI) India paper explores how growing trees in agroforestry systems — a landscape restoration technique where farmers add trees to their land — and in...

Failures to cut emissions risk Himalayan species

24 May 2022

A recent study cautions that a failure to cut global greenhouse gas emissions will undercut species conservation efforts in the fragile region, as reported by Mongabay-India. As much...

Rising mercury level a serious concern for India

17 May 2022

Many parts of India recorded the hottest-ever summer months of March and April in 122 years. As reported by the Weather Channel (WC), the heat wave season, which began earlier...

Wrong tree planting strategies can backfire

10 May 2022

Shedding light on the trend of planting the wrong trees in the wrong places, an analysis of tree planting data in India’s Himachal Pradesh shows that for every dollar that...

Indian cement industry needs tech intervention

03 May 2022

In a recent report, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advocated for technological intervention to address carbon emissions from the cement industry, which, in turn, will help achieve India’s...

India fights to stem plastic waste

26 Apr 2022

India is generating 3.5 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said recently as he launched several green initiatives for plastic waste management. “Plastic has become...

Heatwaves in India warn of climate threats

19 Apr 2022

The month of March this year was the hottest in 122 years since the India Meteorological Department (Met Department or IMD) started maintaining records, as reported by Mongabay-India. The report...

Forest fires at highest recorded levels in India

12 Apr 2022

India reported 345,989 forest fires from November 2020 to June 2021, according to the State of Forests Report, 2021 (SoFR, 2021), released on 13 January 2022. This is the highest...

Indian solar energy output hit by air pollution

05 Apr 2022

A recent study states that due to high air pollution, India is witnessing an estimated loss of US 245-835 million every year. Improvement in air quality will in turn improve...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

author