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451EnvironmentJammu & Kashmir Hydro Project Cleared Without Site Visit
By Athar Parvaiz The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has given a green signal to the 800 MW Bursar Hydroelectric Project...
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373Environment
Delhi Smog Reveals Global Failure To Deal With Climate Change
By Omair Ahmad From the beginning of COP23, the issue of loss and damage has cast a shadow over proceedings as developing...
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402Environment
From Bread Basket To Basket Case
Soumya Sarkar After degrading rich farmland through reckless use of chemical fertilisers and depleting aquifers by overusing groundwater – an outcome, ironically...
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346Environment
Zeroing in on air pollution
In India initiatives such as Delhi’s “odd-even policy” and the NITI Aayog’s aggressive push towards electric cars were seen as too...
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444Environment
Is India’s goods and services tax bad news for Bhutan’s environment?
The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan remained in isolation for centuries until 1961, when a road was completed connecting the country with...
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318Environment
Who should pay for damage associated with climate change – and who should be compensated?
Hurricanes in the Caribbean and deadly floods across South Asia have once again raised the issue of climate justice. The association between...
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339Environment
Increased siltation raises Kashmir flood threat
Kashmir’s deforested hills have been the prime cause of the heavy siltation of its water bodies. This is now being aggravated by...
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322World Watch
Land grab for projects fuels atrocities against the Rohingya
In the desperate scramble to flee military bullets, Rokeya Begum lost track of her husband. With her five children and elderly mother,...
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764Environment
Life in waterlogged cities
Mumbai’s streets turned to rivers last week as five inches of rain fell on the city in one day. Public transport was...
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484Environment
What’s causing so many changes to India’s monsoons?
By Raghu Murtugudde For the third year in a row, India’s monsoon season has produced floods in the northwest and the northeast,...
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![The burning of crop residue in Punjab and Haryana is creating serious air pollution hazard over northern India [image by: Richardt Radek Larsen]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BasketTTP-e1510384925691.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![The planned scheme could slash NO2 levels in Oxford city centre [image by: Tejvan Pettinger]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/air-pollution-e1509782220622.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![The planned scheme could slash NO2 levels in Oxford city centre [image by: Tejvan Pettinger]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/air-pollution-e1509782220622.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Vehicles lined up near the newly-completed Giant Buddha stupa in Thimphu, Bhutan [Image: Dawa Gyelmo]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/P1050208-e1507738272993.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Vehicles lined up near the newly-completed Giant Buddha stupa in Thimphu, Bhutan [Image: Dawa Gyelmo]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/P1050208-e1507738272993.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Kedarnath in the Himalayas after climate change induced landslides in 2013 [Image by Sanjay Semwa]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Kedarnath-shrine-floods-_0-e1507645784701.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Kedarnath in the Himalayas after climate change induced landslides in 2013 [Image by Sanjay Semwa]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Kedarnath-shrine-floods-_0-e1507645784701.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![A Kashmiri man near a Budgam forest shows the degradation caused to forests over the past few decades [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kashmir-1-e1507644669761.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![A Kashmiri man near a Budgam forest shows the degradation caused to forests over the past few decades [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kashmir-1-e1507644669761.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Women and children are the main sufferers of this huge crisis. Among the Rohingya refugees, 53% are women and girls, 4% are over 60 and 29% are under five. They are suffering from diarrhoea, malnutrition and pneumonia [image by: Zobaidur Rahman]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-children-e1507630493899.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Women and children are the main sufferers of this huge crisis. Among the Rohingya refugees, 53% are women and girls, 4% are over 60 and 29% are under five. They are suffering from diarrhoea, malnutrition and pneumonia [image by: Zobaidur Rahman]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Women-and-children-e1507630493899.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
