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‘Fighting for Our Existence: In Maharashtra’s Palghar, Huge Protests Against Development Plans’: Fisherfolk and farmers fear they will lose their land and livelihoods to plans to build the Vadhvan port and a ‘fourth Mumbai’ in the district. Also: ‘Maharashtra: 50,000-Strong Adivasi, Farmer March to Palghar on Indefinite Dharna for Land Rights’.
An impressive display of world class scientists recently (Nov. 27th) held a ‘UK National Emergency Briefing’, informing the world of impending climate change disaster scenarios that can no longer be ignored. A war-time footing is necessary.
The river basin sustained one of the world’s most densely populated regions for centuries. Now it is increasingly unable to replenish itself.
It was no magic wand. The authorities took several tough steps over the years to achieve this miracle.
Imagine a climate strike in which 40,000 industrial workers, climate activists, pacifists and other non-politically active people are brought together. In their speeches, they denounce the shutdown of an automotive supply factory.
‘COP30: Self-Congratulations and Promises to Talk More are No Substitute for Action’. Also: ‘Climate-Change Summer or Nuclear Winter?’: Our planet is indeed experiencing the slow-motion, climate-change equivalent of nuclear war and yet it’s hardly even news. And if that isn’t truly bizarre, what is?
‘Modi’s SHANTI Bill Promises Peace for Nuclear Suppliers – A Free Pass for Accidents Caused By Defective Equipment’; ‘EEFI Demands Withdrawal of SHANTI Bill, Terms it “Seismic Attack” on Nuclear Framework’; ‘An Attempt to Amend National Laws to Enable Nuclear Reactor Imports’.
The so-called ‘Holistic Development’ of Great Nicobar Island threatens irreversible ecological damage through massive infrastructural expansion in an area under permanent tectonic strain. It exposes the gulf between India’s sustainability rhetoric and the destructive reality of its projects.
As governments weaken environmental protections to promote new mining projects, the global scramble for critical minerals is deepening social divides and harming vital ecosystems. Only reduced consumption and robust, enforceable rules can prevent long-term harm and protect basic human rights.
‘Climate Talks End With “Empty Deal” That Fails on Forests, Finance, and Fossil Fuels’: COP30 concluded on Saturday in Brazil with a deal that does not even include the words “fossil fuels”—the burning of which scientists agree is the primary cause of the climate crisis. Also: ‘COP30: The Shift to Green Capitalism Fails to Materialise’; and: ‘COP30 Isn’t a Failure — It’s a Farce’.
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