The Amended Biological Diversity Act Puts Profits Over People
The amended Act weakens accountability for large corporations exploiting biodiversity resources, enabling them to deny fair compensation to tribal and local communities.
Tamil Nadu and Kerala Villagers Take On Adani Ports – 2 Articles
‘Adani Ports: The Tamil Nadu Villagers Taking on a Billionaire’s Port Plan’: Thousands of villagers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are fighting a proposal to expand a port owned by billionaire Gautam Adani. Also: ‘From a Kerala Port, a Citizens’ Report Provides Proof of “Destructive Development”’.
Rethinking Employment and Industrialisation in India
Corporate-driven industrialisation has failed to create the jobs that India’s youth need. We need a different kind of growth based on reducing the productivity gap between rural and urban India. The author presents an agenda for raising rural productivity so that quality employment is created in the rural areas.
Snowfall and Rain Elude Himalayas in the Peak of Winter – 2 Articles
‘As Snowfall and Rain Elude Himalayas in the Peak of Winter, Worries Mount’: There has been a decline in the frequency of the western disturbance tropical storm, which brings rain and snow to northern India, say scientists. Also: ‘Kashmiris Look to Heaven, with Prayers and Hope, as Snow Stays Away Through Coldest Phase of Winter’.
Can the Kids Change Our World?
2024 may well be a kairos moment for us here in the United States. There’s so much at stake, so much to lose, but if Howard Zinn were with us today, I suspect he would look at the rise of bold and visionary organizing, led by generations of young leaders, and tell us that change, on a planet in deep distress, is coming soon.
Thirty Years of Failure on Climate: How Did it Come to This?
The reason for the climate crisis is the ever-increasing profits being generated by the global capitalist class from the exploitation of the world’s human and natural resources. The captains of industry and the politicians who serve them are therefore determined to preserve the status quo as long as possible.
We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created
Charles Derber, author of ‘Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It’, discusses how the myth of American exceptionalism undermines the solutions to the existential threats we face today, why “green capitalism” is an oxymoron, and the need to confront a “triangle of extinction.”
New Research Raises Fresh Doubts About India’s River Linking Plans
A long-standing plan to shift water between rivers in north-central India powers on, despite new science that casts doubt on its efficacy, and concerns over major ecological impacts.
So Long, and Thanks For All the Hamburgers
It’s not true that humanity is committing suicide, as exemplified by the COP28 farce of a climate summit. The world’s industrialists and financiers are committing humanity to ecocide. More than ever, it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
Environmental Cost of Green Revolution: India World’s Second-Highest Fertilizer Importer
Recent research shows that the environmental costs of the Green Revolution are as severe as its economic impacts. In Punjab, India’s top Green Revolution state, heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides has contaminated water, soil and food and endangered human health.