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![In the Himalayas, most women have to walk miles on hilly terrain to fetch water as local water sources are depleting [Image by Hridayesh Joshi]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/pix3-1020x677-e1518676400447.jpg)
604EnvironmentUttarakhand Villagers Harvest Rainwater, Recharge Springs, Avoid Long Walks
By Hridayesh Joshi Life for 29-year-old Sangeeta Devi wasn’t the same eight years ago until a huge water storage tank was built...
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![Coastal erosion, high soil salinity and increasingly violent cyclones have forced the young out of their homes in the Sundarbans, living behind only the old people, children and women [image by: Soumya Sarkar]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sundarbans2-1020x663-e1518601051956.jpg)
534EnvironmentSinking Sundarbans Islands Underline Climate Crisis
By Soumya Sarkar Kalyani Mandal has gone way past hope. Living in Dhoblat Shibpur, a coastal village on Sagar Island in the...
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![The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, (third from left) addressing a Post Budget Press Conference [image courtesy: PIB]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Jaitley-addressing-post-budget-session-PIB-1020x478-e1517930267895.jpg)
706EnvironmentEnvironment And Climate Change Gets Short Shrift in Union Budget 2018
Soumya Sarkar, Juhi Chaudhary & Sapna Gopal As the Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rose in Parliament to present the last full...
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2.2KImpactAre The Rs 10 Coins Nothing But Publicity Tools?
Rahul works in a multinational. Every day, he commutes in the sharing autos. Frequently, he witnesses suspicion over coins especially ₹ 10...
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560EnvironmentJammu & 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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436EnvironmentDelhi 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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![The burning of crop residue in Punjab and Haryana is creating serious air pollution hazard over northern India [image by: Richardt Radek Larsen]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/BasketTTP-e1510384925691.jpg)
468EnvironmentFrom 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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![The planned scheme could slash NO2 levels in Oxford city centre [image by: Tejvan Pettinger]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/air-pollution-e1509782220622.jpg)
449EnvironmentZeroing 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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![Vehicles lined up near the newly-completed Giant Buddha stupa in Thimphu, Bhutan [Image: Dawa Gyelmo]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/P1050208-e1507738272993.jpg)
538EnvironmentIs 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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![Kedarnath in the Himalayas after climate change induced landslides in 2013 [Image by Sanjay Semwa]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Kedarnath-shrine-floods-_0-e1507645784701.jpg)
395EnvironmentWho 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...
