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687The 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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705Delhi 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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![Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres at Bonn [image: UNclimatechange]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Bonn-e1511162150394.jpg)
710Money 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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![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)
645From 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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748Rich 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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![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)
714Zeroing 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)
820Is 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)
641Who 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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![A Kashmiri man near a Budgam forest shows the degradation caused to forests over the past few decades [image by: Athar Parvaiz]](https://impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kashmir-1-e1507644669761.jpg)
605Increased 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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556No relief for 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR , NGT refuses to lift ban
There seems to be no respite for 10 year old diesel vehicles in Delhi and NCR. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ...
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