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Vagamon under siege: Hill cutting, tourism pressure and official inaction threaten Kerala's meadow highlands

India, April 30 -- High above the plains of central Kerala, where the districts of Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta meet, the hills of Vagamon rise in gentle undulations that have long defined one ... Read More


A sage for a fractured planet: Muni Narayana Prasad and the ethics of ecology

India, April 27 -- The passing of Muni Narayana Prasad on Saturday, April 25, at the age of 87, marks the loss of one of India's most original philosophical voices on sustainability. He did not speak ... Read More


Built to explode: Inside Virudhunagar's fireworks economy of routine death

India, April 24 -- Virudhunagar, a dry district in southern Tamil Nadu tucked into the rain shadow of the Western Ghats, has always lived with uncertainty. Agriculture has never been dependable here, ... Read More


When ritual meets risk: Fire, heat and the unlearned lessons of Thrissur Pooram

India, April 22 -- On April 21, 2026, as preparations gathered pace for Thrissur Pooram, a fireworks unit at Mundathikode in Thrissur district exploded into a series of devastating blasts that killed ... Read More


Humid heat emerging as India's most dangerous climate threat, with Kerala at the frontline, shows new study

India, April 17 -- A recent study published in the journal Climate Dynamics has offered the clearest explanation yet of how the threat of moist heat, a combination of high temperature and high humidit... Read More


Why Kerala's election manifestos still continue to speak a language from a previous era on environment

India, April 6 -- Kerala's election manifestos have arrived at a moment when the state is no longer debating climate change as a distant possibility. It is living in collapsing coastlines, loosening h... Read More


No flex boards or plastic clutter: Why Chandy Oommen's 'green campaign' in Puthuppally is evincing interest in ecologically fragile Kerala

India, April 2 -- A unique election campaign is unfolding in Puthuppally, arguably the most closely watched constituency in Kerala's forthcoming Assembly elections. It is unique because it lacks the p... Read More


Democracy in the heat: Kerala is campaigning for its polls under a changing climate

India, March 30 -- By 8.30 in the morning in the Punalur assembly constituency of Kollam district, the heat is already oppressive. A narrow residential lane hums with election activity, but the energy... Read More


Kraal or Coexistence: Why Muttikomban's fate matters for Kerala's elephants

India, March 27 -- As the Kerala Forest Department intensifies efforts to capture and relocate a wild elephant moving around Vadakkanad in Wayanad district, the operation has entered a critical phase ... Read More


From forest to sea: A people's charter seeks to reshape Kerala's ecological future

India, March 13 -- A new policy document released by environmental groups in Kerala has called for a fundamental shift in governance that recognises the interdependence of forests, rivers, wetlands, f... Read More