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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://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sundarbans2-1020x663-e1518601051956.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
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436Sinking 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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Environment 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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Jammu & 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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The making of a conservationist Prime Minister
When a Congress leader writes a biography of Indira Gandhi, you expect unadulterated praise. Jairam Ramesh’s India Gandhi: A Life in Nature...
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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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Money Remains Distant Honeypot As Climate Summit Ends
The annual UN climate summit ended in Bonn, Germany, with no agreement on providing money to developing countries, but a promise to...
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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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Rich Nations Shirking on Climate Commitments, Says Bloc of Developing Countries
The failure of wealthy nations to deliver on short-term climate commitments could hinder the rollout of a landmark treaty, a bloc of...
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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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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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![The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, (third from left) addressing a Post Budget Press Conference [image courtesy: PIB]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Jaitley-addressing-post-budget-session-PIB-1020x478-e1517930267895.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, (third from left) addressing a Post Budget Press Conference [image courtesy: PIB]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Jaitley-addressing-post-budget-session-PIB-1020x478-e1517930267895.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres at Bonn [image: UNclimatechange]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Bonn-e1511162150394.jpg?resize=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres at Bonn [image: UNclimatechange]](https://i0.wp.com/impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Bonn-e1511162150394.jpg?resize=80%2C80&ssl=1)
![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=450%2C270&ssl=1)
![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)
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