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10 reasons why nuclear power is still no solution for climate change; Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping.
Keeping Count; Lost Home.
The project is facing resistance due to ecological concerns and also because the locals fear it would lead to loss of livelihood.
Creation of all forms of energy contributes to the destruction of nature and human life. It is possible to increase the global quality of life at the same time we reduce the use of fossil fuels and other sources of energy. Therefore, a “deep” GND would focus on energy reduction / conservation.
A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Making Peace with Nature (2021), highlights the ‘gravity of the Earth’s triple environmental emergencies: climate, biodiversity loss, and pollution’.
World may reach 1.5°C warming by 2025; Climate scientists: Concept of Net Zero by 2050 is a dangerous trap.
Even the global health crisis that unfolded in the past year has not deterred the current government from executing its plans for ‘ease of doing business’.
Like the mythical Phoenix, Chernobyl rises from the ashes. And, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set the world-famous Doomsday Clock, that measures humanity’s nearness to utter annihilation, at 100 seconds to midnight.
Dinesh Mohan had a heart and was a great supporter of public transport, auto rickshaw, cycle rickshaw, pedestrians. He was not opposed to cars but he was certainly against monopolization of street space by cars. He was also an extraordinary faculty member and a public intellectual.
A new study finds that we are methodically killing the planet’s most significant and most crucial life support system – soil, which is the life source for 95% of the foods we eat 365 days per year. Plus: “Study Says 64% of World’s Farmland at Risk of Pesticide Pollution”.
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