Scrapping EIA 2020 Not Enough to Save India
India is unlikely to survive the 21st century climate nightmare unless the government realises that the health of the environment matters more than the health of private businesses
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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
India is unlikely to survive the 21st century climate nightmare unless the government realises that the health of the environment matters more than the health of private businesses
The terrible explosion in Beirut is a symptom of the utterly distorted, toxic and disastrous relationship between human society and our environment that capitalism has brought about.
Massive uncontrolled unprecedented wild fires are consuming portions of the Amazon rainforest and several regions of the Arctic.
The forced lockdown creates an opportunity to live simply, within ecological and planetary boundaries, leaving vital ecological space for other beings.
Dr. Oquist talks about the current threats menacing humanity as a result of environmental destruction, its roots in capitalism, the multi-polar world that is emerging, the role of countries like Nicaragua …
Talk of new U.S. testing deeply concerns those who have first-hand knowledge of nuclear devastation.
The letter cites recent United Nations scientific reports from which “even a child can see that the climate and ecological crisis cannot be solved within today’s system.”
Any real engagement on the ecological crisis will have to be driven by a quest for justice and truth, which calls for delving into political, social, cultural and economic contexts minus the blinkers.
Increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing a level not seen in 15 million years; and more than one in four plant and animal species are at risk of extinction.
A critique of the way in which issues concerning forests, biodiversity and the environment are presently being handled.
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