Kerala Scheme Shows How to Create Work Opportunities While Caring for the Environment
The urban employment guarantee scheme is not without its problems, but it offers a template to help the poor earn and build greener, sustainable cities.
Year in Review: Diluting Environmental Norms May Derail India’s Ambitious Climate Goals
In 2021, the government pushed renewables to meet its updated climate targets, but also came up with plans to clear forests and reduced scrutiny of polluting units that could cause further environmental damage.
No Means No: Kinnaur Tribals Oppose Hydropower Plant to Protect Fragile Ecology
Kinnauras launch campaign against the proposed 804 MW Jangi Thopan Powari Hydroelectricity Project on Satluj.
India’s Potato-Chip Tussle: How Gujarat Farmers Won a Battle—but Not the War—Against Pepsico
On 3 December, a tribunal revoked the sole rights granted by the government to Pepsico over a potato used to make its best-selling Lays brand of chips. But while the order delighted farmers, it did not reflect India’s unique law that allows farmers to trade in even those seeds protected as intellectual property.
Manchin or No Manchin, Climate Activism Is Working
Environmental activists and scholars talk about the movements, triumphs and trends they’re most heartened by this year.
Wealthy People Cause Climate Change Much More Than Poorer People Do, Report Finds
The disparity in greenhouse gas emissions between rich and poor countries — and rich and poor people within countries — is just as extreme as economic inequality, a new report finds.
When the Himalayas Lose: Assessing Char Dham Pariyojana Judgment
The judgment rewards violations instead of establishing accountability. The monumental crisis of climate change has not been factored in. These blessed peaks are pivotal to our nation’s security, its climate, its water, its beauty, its wealth, its food, its air. When the Himalayas lose, India loses it all.
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Global Warming Impacting Arctic and Antarctic; Permafrost Also Melting: Earth on Cusp of Catastrophe – Three Articles
2021 Arctic Report Card Tells a Human Story of Cascading Climate Disruption; What if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?; Climate Crisis at the Top of the World: Global Orders and Catastrophic Change.
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High Court Delivers ‘Victory’ for Rights of Nature Movement in Ecuador
On December 1, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador ruled that mining in a protected forest violates the rights of nature established by the nation’s constitution.
Balancing National Security and Fundamental Rights in Environmental Cases
Reckless, short-sighted, rapid and uncontrolled changes are being made in the Himalayas which are causing incalculable loss and damage to an already fragile ecosystem.