On Earth Day: A Spiritual Message; and Two Poems
Earth Day Message from Evo Morales; Poems – Earth Day 2021; Poem to the Earth
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Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic
Humanity’s transgression of ecological limits has caused widespread damage, including a climate emergency. Earth abuse is also at the root of the Covid-19 pandemic and the grim likelihood that new pathogens will continue to emerge from other animal species to infect humans.
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Centre Wants to Amend the Indian Forest Act Again Despite the Resistance to Past Attempts
The environment ministry is once again attempting to ease rules in favour of the forest bureaucracy and private industries.
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Mining Act: Will the Centre Usurp the Powers of Mineral-Rich States?
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2021 will enable the Centre to interfere in the mineral rich states, most of which are ruled by non-BJP parties, and parcel off their mines to its favourites, and also usurp other powers so far vested with the State govts.
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Indian Monsoons Becoming More Chaotic
A new study warns of grave consequences for agriculture and economy, affecting over one billion people.
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Why the U.S. Shouldn’t Play Games with Cyberwarfare as Its Power Declines
Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The U.S. and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyberweapons.
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Why are Groundwater Tables in Punjab Falling
It is not the kisans of Punjab who are responsible for the environmental damage being done by the present pattern of agriculture. What stands in the way of a solution is the rulers’ own determination to restructure India’s agriculture and food system in favour of imperialism.
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Not Far from Millions of Kumbh Mela pilgrims, Two Hindu Monks are on a Hunger Strike to Save Ganga
The monks are protesting sand mining and the construction of dams and barrages on the river and its tributaries.
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Repairing the Soil Carbon Rift: Enhancing Agriculture and Environment
The loss of soil organic matter and the corresponding massive carbon relocation to the atmosphere (as carbon dioxide) constitutes the soil carbon rift. It ultimately leads to severe degradation of soil. It is estimated that about one-third of the world’s soils have become significantly degraded.
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Planet Farm
As industrial agriculture encroaches into the last wild places of the Earth, it’s unleashing dangerous pathogens. We need to take urgent steps to heal the metabolic rift between ecology and economy.
