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FeaturesThe hidden impacts of Solar India
The National Solar Mission envisages a solar generation capacity of 20 GW in India by 2022, and claims zero environmental impact. But serious environmental risks do exist in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic and solar thermal cells, and the establishment of solar manufacturing plants, says Shawahiq SiddiquiMore... Niyamgiri: A temporary reprieveThe Dongria Kondh know that their battle against Vedanta and for the preservation of their sacred Niyamgiri is not over in a state where money matters, people and the environment don’t, reports Ranjan K Panda from Orissa More... Treasure hunt in the Kendujhar forestsDark clouds are gathering over Kendujhar district in north Orissa, this chronicle reveals. As in other forested areas across India, adivasis are standing up to fight the takeover of their forest resources. What kind of wisdom is the forest department driven by when it undertakes large-scale commercial plantation after clear-felling natural forests that rightfully belong to them, they ask More... Chemical warfare in JhabuaPetlawad block in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district illustrates in microcosm the crisis of Indian agriculture. Desperate farmers are using a phenomenal 600 kg of chemical fertiliser per hectare of farmland. As yields decline and costs of inputs rise, the average village’s debt is four times its annual income More... Supporters of the forest rights law intimidated in OrissaA misinformation campaign on who will benefit from the Forest Rights Act is setting adivasis against non-adivasis in Bolangir district, Orissa, while those creating awareness about villagers’ rights under the Act are being harassed by the authorities who fear they are losing their control over natural resources More... Global double standards: BP oil spill vs Bhopal gas tragedyIndian commentators have highlighted the contrast between the US response to the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, in which BP has been forced to pay USD 20 billion, and the response to the Bhopal gas tragedy in which a US company paid out a paltry USD 470 million in compensation for 20,000 dead, thousands more injured, and a city poisoned More... Bhopal's Children: Generation IIJustice for the survivors of Bhopal has many dimensions -- and it includes the recognition that there are helpless, limb-locked, smiling children who are paying a terrible price for a disaster that had occurred long before they were born. The Chingari rehabilitation and education centre has 250 children, most with cerebral palsy, on its rolls, all born of gas-affected communities More... India has no rules governing radioactive wasteThe recent radiation incident in Delhi’s Mayapuri industrial area may have goaded the authorities into action, but the dangers posed by radioactive material have mostly been ignored in India. Will the draft Electronic Waste Handling and Management Rules address this issue? More... Vidarbha: Dirty technology in the guise of development?The government of Maharashtra plans to allow 43 new private and public thermal power plants in Vidarbha, a region that’s suffered years of neglect and is home to thousands of distressed, suicidal farmers. Is the government justified in sacrificing Vidarbha to the power needs of the rest of the state/country? More... |
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